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Federal Food and Drug Act


FFDA
- Series of consumer protection laws
- led to creation of the FDA
- banned foreign and interstate traffic in adulterated or mislabeled food and drug products
- Products had to be inspected and offenders where prosecuted
- Active Ingredients had to be placed on labels of packaging
- drugs can not fall below purity levels set by United states pharmacopoeia or national
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act


HIPAA
- reduces health care fraud and abuse
- mandatory industry wide standards for health care information and electronic billing
processes
- requires the protections and confidential handling of protected health information


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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act


OBRA
- Allowed workers and families to keep their group coverage in cases of voluntary or
involuntary job loss
- in case of reduced hours worked
- job transitions
- give workers who lost their health benefits right to choose to continue plans under certain
circumstances
- required under businesses with 20+ employees
- applies to both government and private sector
- set period of time, maybe influenced by circumstances




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OBRA 90


- placed regulations on how to interact with patients
- record keeping mandates, prospective drug reviews
- counseling obligations
- must review medicaid participants enire drug profile before prescribing medications


Medicaid


- Social Health care program for families and individuals with low income + resources
- government insurance for people of all ages who can not afford sufficient health care
- varies from state to state --> joint funded between state and federal
- must be US citizens or legal permanent residents




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Medicare


- National Social Insurance Program
- administered by US government
- provides insurance for Americans aged +65
- members must have worked and payed for the system
- provides insurance for younger people with disabilities


Disability


- Form of insurance that ensures the beneficiaries income against the risk that disability
creates a barrier for a worker to complete the core functions of their work
- encompasses paid sick leave, short term disability benefits, and long term disability
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