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a crucial distinction
While most Americans with health insurance through a private company, the United States federal government does provide insurance to certain US citizens. Impoverished people may be eligible for [[Medicaid]], which is a program funded by the federal government and administered by the states, and elderly and disabled people are eligible for [[Medicare]], which is administered and funded by the federal government. Both involve contracts with private insurance companies to actually provide services.
While most Americans with health insurance through a private company, the United States federal government does provide insurance to certain US citizens. Impoverished people may be eligible for [[Medicaid]], which is a program funded by the federal government and administered by the states, and elderly and disabled people are eligible for [[Medicare]], which is administered and funded by the federal government. Both involve contracts with private insurance companies to actually provide services.
==Terminology==
Some people make no distinction between the ''services'' provided by [[health care]] professionals and the ''insurance'' which pays for these services (see "[[Universal health care]]").
==See also==
==See also==