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.
Perkinsville is a locale in Steuben County in the U.S. state of New York. It is the birthplace of Patty Maloney. It is located at 42°32′23″N 77°37′41″W / 42.53972°N 77.62806°W / 42.53972; -77.62806. As of the 2000 U.S. census, Perkinsville has an average household size of 2.66 persons. From 1882-1963 Perkinsville was on the New York (Hoboken)to Buffalo Main Line of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (1882-1960) and Erie Lackawanna Railroad (1960-1963). Tracks were removed through Perkinsville in 1963 by order of the United States Interstate Commerce Commission to promote highway transportation. Today (2008) Perkinsville has no rail service.