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Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis

Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation

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Healthcare Program/Policy

Evaluation Analysis

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Assessing a Healthcare Program/ Policy Evaluation

Healthcare

Program/Policy

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Medicare.

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Medicare is, arguably, one of the most successful healthcare policies in the history of the United States. Its

relative success has often been attributed to its origins as a federal health insurance policy and the support

it has received from successive administrations ever since its inception in 1965. Medicare comprises of a

three-pronged approach that seeks to improve the provision of hospital insurance, medical insurance, and

coverage for prescription medication to vulnerable sections of the American population.

How was the success

of the program or

policy measured?

Proponents of Medicare today cite senior citizens, middle-aged individuals living with various forms of

disability, and those with permanent kidney failure as vulnerable segments of the general population who

benefit the most from Medicare’s comprehensive health insurance coverage. For instance, inpatient

services provided in hospice care benefits low-income earners; allowing them to receive comprehensive

access to healthcare (Moon, 2018). The success of the Medicare program was, therefore, measured through

its ability to provide insurance cover to retirees, the disable, and individuals with advanced cases of kidney

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Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Assessing a Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Name, Institutional Affiliation Course Submission Date, © 2020 Walden University 1 Assessing a Healthcare Program/ Policy Evaluation Healthcare Program/Policy Medicare. Evaluation Description Medicare is, arguably, one of the most successful healthcare policies in the history of the United States. Its relative success has often been attributed to its origins as a federal health insurance policy and the support it has received from successive administrations ever since its inception in 1965. Medicare comprises of a three-pronged approach that seeks to improve the provision of hospital insurance, medical insurance, and coverage for prescription medication to vulnerable sections of the American population. Proponents of Medicare today cite senior citizens, middle-aged individuals living with various forms of How was the success disability, and those with permanent kidney failure as vulnerable segments of the general population who of the program or benefit the most from Medicare’s comprehensive health insurance coverage. For instance, inpatient policy measured? services provided in hospice care benefits low-income earners; allowing them to receive comprehensive access to healthcare (Moon, 2018). The success of the Medicare program was, therefore, measured through its ability to provide insurance cover to retirees, th ...
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