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.
Purdum is an unincorporated community in northwestern Blaine County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along local roads northwest of the village of Brewster, the county seat of Blaine County. Its elevation is 2,700 feet (823 m). Although Purdum is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 69157.