A skin biopsy may be needed to confirm the diagnosis. In case of oral lichen planus, your physician may have to make sure that the lesions are not caused by yeast, and a biopsy is often recommended to confirm or make the diagnosis and to rule out other oral diseases including cancer (see below).
Medicare is a social insurance program that serves more than 44 million enrollees (as of 2008). The program costs about $432 billion, or 3.2% of GDP, in 2007. Medicaid is a social welfare (or social protection) program that serves about 40 million people (as of 2007) and costs about $330 billion, or 2.4% of GDP, in 2007. Together, Medicare and Medicaid represent 21% of the FY 2007 U.S. federal government.
Medicare is a form of socialized health care. The Veterans Health Administration is a health care program that serves military personnel. Socialized health care describes what people in other countries call universal health care..Germany uses the Bismarck model of universal health care.t is health care that is provided for the citizens of a country by its government. There are four major types of health care systems implemented around the world, with three of them being universal care systems. These three systems are called the Beveridge, Bismarck and National Health Insurance models.