Health Care For The Poor

Medicare, Medicaid, and the Elderly Poor

FPL. Poor health status has been shown to be highly predictive of the need for medical care (Manning, Newhouse, and Ware, 1981). Chronic conditions requiring increased contact with the medical care system and ongoing health care costs are more preva-lent in the elderly population than in the non-elderly population and can be particu-

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