Which health insurance program would the nurse recommend to a 25-year-old client with end-stage renal disease?
A) Medicare
B) Medicaid
C) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
D) State Children's Health Insurance Program
Ans: A
Medicare is a health insurance program for people 65 years or older, disabled people younger than 65 years, and individuals with end-stage renal disease or Lou Gehrig disease. Medicaid provides health care; insurance assistance and nursing home coverage for low-income residents and also pregnant women, a parent, or relative caregiver of a dependent child younger than 19 years, the blind, people with a disability or with a family member in their household with a disability, or people aged 65 years or older. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families provides financial and medical assistance to needy dependent children and parents and relatives with whom they are living. State Children's Health Insurance Program is for children younger than 19 years from families who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid.
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