Brasfield Chapters 3-5

I can say in chapters 3-5, I definitely learned so much more about Medicare and Medicaid. I first learned that Medicare is broken down into four parts: 1.Hospitalization and skilled nursing facility payments, 2.Physician and outpatient services, 3.Medicare Advantage-to private plans such as a health maintenance organization, 4.Outpatient prescription drug coverage.  Another interesting insert from the book was when it was stated that over the recent years Medicaid has grown step by step to rival Medicare in size and scope. When looking at the too programs. In classed we looked at a graph at which there were some people who were covered on the left because their income was so low and there were those on the right end who were financially able to afford healthcare. The issue with the graph was that majority of people feel within the middle margins; of not being able to afford health care. They were poor enough to qualify or made enough money to pay for it themselves. When looking at society today this is where the problem lies. We have this enormous gap of people who cannot get health care.