Nursing

Directions

For this Assignment, you will distinguish between Medicare and Medicaid. Your assignment must include the following topics:

• Provide a brief history of both Medicare and Medicaid.
• Define the populations that they are intended to serve.
• Determine whether your state has expanded Medicaid.
• Articulate the reasons that states choose not to participate in Medicaid expansion.
• Analyze your role in your specialized area of nursing practice when interfacing with Medicare and/or Medicaid recipients.

The word count, excluding the title page and references page, will be 800–1200 words. You must include a minimum of (5) different scholarly references.