Programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, the Military Health System, the Veterans Health Administration, the Indian Health Service, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program help to pay the costs of health care services. What health care stakeholder is involved in this concept?

A. health care facilities
B. health care practitioners
C. governments
D. managed care organizations
E. private insurance

C. governments

Governments help pay the cost of health care services through Medicare, Medicaid, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, the Military Health System, the Veterans Health Administration, the Indian Health Service, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and other state and federal government-financed programs. For that reason, governments are near the top of the list of health care stakeholders.