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.
Leetsdale is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 1,232 at the 2000 census. The town has gained a certain popularity due to its name, a coincidence with Leetspeak, a common Internet sociolect.. Leetsdale at one time had a formidable industrial manufacturing base with a Bethelehem Steel mill that closed in the late 1970s.