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).
QMB Provider Certification for Title 19. The QMB program will pay the 20% Medicare Part B co-insurance only if the provider of services is certified as a Medicaid provider. Note, however, a provider may choose to treat only QMB patients and not all Medicaid recipients and only the QMB patients he chooses to see.