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Healthy Howard is a county-sponsored health care program offered to certain uninsured residents of Howard County, Maryland. The program, which provides doctors visits and prescription drugs, has been nationally hailed as a model to offer health care to local lower income people without health insurance. The program started on October 1, 2008 with a plan to accommodate 2,200 people in a salary range of $35,000 to $63,600 for a family of four. Plans were to increase this number by 2000 enrollees each year thereafter. Services are also offered to those who become unemployed. ==Details== The program is open to those who make between 117% and 300% of the federal poverty income level and are not eligible for Medicaid. It costs between $50 and $80 monthly, and it provides physician visits and prescription drugs.〔 It is not considered a health insurance program and does not cover any care received outside the boundaries of Howard County.〔 The program, which costs $2.8 million annually to operate, is funded with a combination of premiums, county funds, and private donations〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Healthy Howard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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