Health care law encompasses the laws and regulations governing hospital and health care administration, and an understanding of health care insurance is integral to it. There are significant differences in the types and amount of coverage provided by various private insurance policies, such as HMOs, PPOs, disability insurance, and hospital indemnity insurance, just as there are important differences in the cost to the purchasers of health insurance. There are also public health care insurance programs. Elderly and disabled persons may be eligible for coverage through the federal Medicare program. The joint state-federal Medicaid program helps certain individuals, including disabled persons and low-income elderly persons, pay for long-term care and in-home health care.
Milford is a village in Milford Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,369 at the 2000 census. The origin of the village's name comes from its location where the Old Hubbard Trail forded the Sugar Creek and where a grist mill stood at the forde in 1836.