

<head> Tipster Topic Description


<num> Number: 104


<dom> Domain: Law and Government 


<title> Topic: Catastrophic Health Insurance


<desc> Description:

Document will enumerate provisions of the U.S. Catastrophic Health Insurance 
Act of l988, or the political/legal fallout from that legislation.


<smry> Summary:

Document will enumerate provisions of the U.S. Catastrophic Health Insurance 
Act of l988, or the political/legal fallout from that legislation.


<narr> Narrative:

A relevant document will detail the content of the U.S. medicare act of l988 
which extended catastrophic illness benefits to the elderly, with particular 
attention to the financing scheme which led to a firestorm of protest and a 
Congressional retreat, or a relevant document will detail the political/legal
consequences of the catastrophic health insurance imbroglio and subsequent 
efforts by Congress to provide similar coverages through a less-controversial
mechanism. 


<con> Concept(s):

1. Catastrophic Coverage Act of l988, Medicare Part B, Health Care Financing 
Administration

2. catastrophic-health program, catastrophic illness, catastrophic care, 
acute care, long-term nursing home care

3. American Association of Retired Persons, AARP, senior citizen, National 
Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare


<fac> Factor(s):

<nat> Nationality: U.S.

</fac>


<def> Definition(s):