Prior to the health care reform that was passed in 2010, the government's role in health care was limited to

Medicaid is a medicinal services program that helps low-salary families or people in paying for specialist visits, doctor's facility stays, long term care expenses and more. Medicaid is a joint program, financed essentially by the government and running at the state level, while Medicare is the federal medical coverage program for: Individuals who are 65 or more and certain young individuals with incapacities etc.

by creating a labor shortage that pushed the continent toward a market economy

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