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2. Health insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, health insurance helps pay for medical expenses through privately purchased insurance, social insurance, or a social welfare program funded by the government. [1] [2] Synonyms for this usage include "health coverage", "health care coverage", and "health benefits". In a more technical sense, the term "health insurance" is ...

3. Medicare (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Medicare is a federal health insurance program in the United States for people age 65 or older and younger people with disabilities, including those with end stage renal disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease). It was begun in 1965 under the Social Security Administration and is now administered by the Centers ...

4. Health insurance - Wikipedia

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   A health insurance policy is: A contract between an insurance provider (e.g. an insurance company or a government) and an individual or his/her sponsor (that is an employer or a community organization). The contract can be renewable (annually, monthly) or lifelong in the case of private insurance. It can also be mandatory for all citizens in ...

5. Pros and Cons of Health Insurance: Is It Worth the Cost? - AOL

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   5 people: $129,880. With subsidies, the national average monthly premium for an individual silver plan in 2022 drops from $438 to $66.72, according to KFF. In states like Hawaii, Connecticut and ...

6. Quality-adjusted life year - Wikipedia

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   The quality-adjusted life year ( QALY) is a generic measure of disease burden, including both the quality and the quantity of life lived. [1] [2] It is used in economic evaluation to assess the value of medical interventions. [1] One QALY equates to one year in perfect health. [2] QALY scores range from 1 (perfect health) to 0 (dead). [3]

7. Value of life - Wikipedia

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   Value of life. The value of life is an economic value used to quantify the benefit of avoiding a fatality. [1] It is also referred to as the cost of life, value of preventing a fatality ( VPF ), implied cost of averting a fatality ( ICAF ), and value of a statistical life ( VSL ). In social and political sciences, it is the marginal cost of ...