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.
Langeloth, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated community located in Smith Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Langeloth has been assigned the ZIP code 15054. The town has a population of approximately 600. Langeloth began as a coal mining company town. Langeloth has three businesses; Vallina's Market, Riddell/All American, and Langeloth Metallurgical Company. It is also the birthplace of noted former college football coach Barry Alvarez. Langeloth is also home to the regionally renowned Langeloth Softball League, also known as LSB. Games are played at the Gus Barbush Memorial park where hundreds of locals gather to drink beer outside the outfield fence. The league slogan is, "We play fastpitch."