What is the Fair Housing Act? The Fair Housing Act is the name given to Title 8 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, the act prohibits discrimination concerning the sale, rental and ...

Enrolling in Medicare Part D Medicare is composed of several discrete parts, each of which provides some amount of payment for health-care related services and items. As discussed in the first 4 modules of this course, Part A covers hospital ...

In Module 3, we discussed the coverage and associated costs for Hospital Insurance under Medicare Part A. We will now go on to an examination of the essentials of Part B, Medical Insurance. Under both Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage ...

Medicare is health insurance for people 65 or older, certain people under 65 with disabilities, and people of any age with End-Stage Renal Disease. There are two main options for receiving Medicare coverage: Original Medicare (including Part A, Hospital Insurance, ...

Original Medicare When Medicare was created, in July of 1965, it was intended to be managed by the federal government. It was not until the 1990's and the development of Medicare Advantage plans and other types of Medicare health plans, ...

While Social Security was established in the 1930’s to protect retirees from poverty, it was not until the 1960’s that federal programs were enacted to ensure healthcare to seniors. As part of the “Great Society” program of President Lyndon Johnson, ...

All drugs are not created equal. We saw illustrations of that statement in Module 4 and we will continue to learn about unusual classes of medications that have motivated the FDA to modify the rules to make it faster and simpler ...

In the old days, unscrupulous individuals- sometimes referred to by terms such as “snake oil salesmen”- created and peddled products that were promoted as treatments or even cures for a variety of maladies. Most of these products were, at best, ...

Like most commercial entities, the Pharmaceutical industry is concerned with the production and sale of products with the primary goal of achieving profits for its shareholders. There are, however, important distinctions between medicines and other types of merchandise. As we ...

The development and marketing of drugs for the prevention or treatment of diseases can present opportunities for contributions by scientists, medical professionals, and other people in the healthcare industry. In the vast majority of instances, they do so     with  the best ...