Chapter will be connected to example patients

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At the end of each chapter, at least one topic from the chapter will be connected to example patients. In this chapter we introduce our patients. Our first patient is Malakai. Malakai is a 68-year-old male who is enrolled in Medicare. He is a retired high school math teacher who also spent 20 years coaching the boys' basketball team. Our second patient is Olivia. Olivia is a 30-year-old female who has commercial insurance for her family through her employer. The name of her insurance company is Super Payer. Olivia is a partner at a local law firm. Olivia is married, and she and her husband have one daughter, age six. This chapter discusses the concept of third-party payment used in the US. Let's connect Malakai and Olivia to this concept. Malakai's primary care physician is Dr. Lewis. Using figure 1.5 as a model, let's apply a physician office visit for Malakai to the third-party payment concept. (continued).

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