Similarities, if any, between how the federal government has been involved with Medicare and Medicaid in your region in comparison to the government’s involvement in the U.S. as a whole

Assignment for Financial Analysts Visit the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation’s State Health Facts Web site. Click your state on the map, or a category to the right to view information about Medicare for your region. Read the O’Brien article (2005, Spring), ” Medicare and Medicaid: Trends and Issues Affecting Access to Care for Low-Income Elders and People with Disabilities. from Generations, volume 29, issue 1, pages 65–69. List similarities, if any, between how the federal government has been involved with Medicare and Medicaid in your region in comparison to the government’s involvement in the U.S. as a whole. List at least one difference between how the federal government has been involved with Medicare and Medicaid in your region in comparison to the government’s involvement in the U.S. as a whole. With this information, write to the Board of Directors a 2–3 page memo that compares the role of the federal government in relation to physician manpower in both your region and the U.S. as a whole. Discuss the degree to which you feel the federal government has been helpful and the degree to which it has been hurtful in your area.