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.
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 25,514 at the 2000 census, and the city was the center of an urbanized area of 70,530. It is the principal city of the Anderson, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is further included in the larger Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Combined Statistical Area . Anderson is just off Interstate 85 and is 120 Miles from Atlanta and 140 miles from Charlotte. Anderson is the smallest of the three primary cities that makes up the Upstate region and is nicknamed "The Electric City" and "The Friendliest City in South Carolina. " Anderson's spirit and quality of life has earned national recognition as Anderson County was named an "All-America City" in 2000. Anderson is the home of Anderson University, a selective private university of approximately 2,300 undergraduate and graduate students. Clemson University is about 14 Miles from Anderson and many of the faculty and staff of Clemson live in Anderson. Tri-County Technical College also serves the Anderson Area and has it's main campus about 12 Miles from Anderson on US 76.