Medicare Policy Issues Outline HCS 455

Medicare Policy Issues I. Introduction Medicare was passed in 1665 after overcoming many heated discussions and strong opposition to become the largest federal health care program. In order to avoid the tag of government bureaucracy, Medicare officials accepted to pay a reasonable price to the providers and evaded direct fiscal control medical personnel and facilities. The result of the negotiations leads to formation of new allegiances and nurtured interests from providers who have been protesting against governmental interference. The medical providers did received a monetary benefits from Medicare program, but still it was subjected to objection due to high growth rate of health care costs in US. Due to Medicares political...