Economic Security Book

This article is composed of many different policy briefs. This article is presented to us by the NASW. It breaks down different social policies such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, SSI, and many more programs. The article offers a description of the program, policy challenges that that policy may face, and the potential direction in which the policy is going. The article starts off by giving us a brief description of Medicare and the three parts associated with this policy. The three parts are hospital insurance, supplementary medical insurance, and part C which is the Medicare+Choice Program. The information in this article can be used by advocacy efforts at the national, state, and local levels. The article also goes on to give us a brief over of Medicaid and it's function within the low income communities. Medicaid is the U.S's major financial provider for long term care services.