The effects of the Amazonâs continued destruction could be especially severe in southern Brazil, where much of the countryâs agriculture, industry and population is based. About 40 percent of the precipitation there comes from moisture evaporated off the rain forestâs thick tree cover. Cutting back more of the Amazon could mean starving the area of water. âThe hydroclimatic cycle of the Amazon really depends on having forest there,â said Thomas Lovejoy, president of the U.S.-based H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment.
There are individuals with disabilities and others who are eligible for Medicare. There is a program called the Medicare Buy-In Program which includes QMB (Qualified Medicare Beneficiary) and also SLMB (Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary).
You asked for a brief history of the QMB program. You also wanted to know if the state can recover payments made on behalf of QMBs. Congress established the QMB program in 1988 to ensure mandatory Medicaid coverage for people eligible for both Medicare (Parts A and B) and Medicaid (i.