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Medicaid - Application for Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiaries (SLMB)
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Medicaid - Authorization to Disclose Health Information
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Medicaid - Disability Report for Child Under Age 19
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Medical Legal Partnership: The Facts and Benefits
Upstate MLP Managing Attorney Kirby Mitchell provides an overview of social determinants of health. He outlines how lawyers and doctors work together in this medical-legal partnership to address health harming legal needs a lawyer can help with. Partners Furman University, Prisma Health, and S.C. Legal Services are working together in this medical legal partnership to improve health outcomes by factoring the legal side into the equation.
Medicare Advocacy, Inc.
The Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. is a national non‑profit, non-partisan organization that provides education, advocacy, and legal assistance to help elders and people with disabilities obtain Medicare and necessary health care. The Center was established in 1986.
Medicare.gov - The Official Government Web Site for People with Medicare
This web site contains government information and a number of government publications for downloading in PDF format, including information about: (1) Medicare eligibility, enrollment and premiums, (2) Medicare claims and appeals, (3) choosing health care providers, nursing homes, personal care homes that take Medicare insurance, (4) deductible, coinsurance and premium amounts, and (5) special programs, including prescription drug assistance programs, that are available to help Medicare Beneficiaries pay for their health care costs, and (6) "Medigap" insurance - finding supplemental insurance policies to cover expenses not paid by Medicare.
Medicare Rights Center
The Medicare Rights Center is a national, nonprofit consumer service organization that works to ensure access to affordable health care for older adults and people with disabilities through counseling and advocacy, educational programs and public policy initiatives.
Mental Illness Fact Sheets
Mental illness fact sheets on a variety of different mental health topics.
Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards
This web site contains a series of "Fact Sheets" that provide information about minimum wage requirements, the way the Fair Labor Standards Act to different kinds of work, the Family Medical Leave Act and other laws that apply to workers. The web site is sponsored by the US Department of Labor, Administrative Standards, Wage and Hour Division.
National Health Law Program (NHeLP)
NHelp is a public interest law firm working to advance access to quality health care and protect the legal rights of low-income and underserved people. Website resources include reports and fact sheets on Medicaid programs, health insurance, and health care reform.
Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Under the direction of the Navy Surgeon General, Navy Medicine provides high quality economical health care to active duty Sailors and Marines, retirees and their family members.
Navy Environmental Health Center
The mission of this branch of the armed services is to ensure Navy and Marine Corps readiness through leadership in prevention of disease and promotion of health.