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Chapter 14: Health, Illness, and Medicine

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employment-based health insurancea system in which an employer pays all or part of the health insurance premiums for the employee

Medicaida government program established in 1965 funding healthcare for qualified persons living below the poverty level and/or who have disabilities

Medicarea government program established in 1965 funding healthcare for the elderly, the disabled, and people receiving long-term treatment with dialysis

Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) is part of Medicaid and provides health insurance for low-income children