Juan Perez, who is turning age 65 next month, intends to work for several more years at Smallcap, Incorporated. Smallcap has a w
orkforce of 15 employees and offers employer-sponsored healthcare coverage. Juan is a naturalized citizen and has contributed to the Medicare system for over 20 years. Juan asks you if he will be entitled to Medicare and if he enrolls how that will impact his employer-sponsored healthcare coverage. How would you respond?
Answer: Juan is likely to be eligible for Medicare once he turns 65 and if he enrolls Medicare would become the primary payor of his healthcare claims and Smallcap does not have to continue to offer him coverage comparable to those under age 65 under its employer sponsored health plan.
The structure that forms cranial nerve I is the olfactory nerves while forming the 2nd is the optic nerve. Together with retina and olfactory epithelium, all of them are considered part of the Central Nervous System — wherein they synapse directly to the brain without the aid of any ganglia.
