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Medicaid, national health insurance program in the United States for low-income persons; established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The federal role in Medicaid is limited to setting standards, issuing regulations and guidelines, and overseeing operation of the program by the states. About 42.7 million people received Medicaid in 2000. Of the various services covered under Medicaid, about half of the funds are used to purchase in-patient hospital services and nursing home services; the remainder covers physician services, drugs, laboratory services, X rays, and other services. Political debate on the future of Medicaid has accompanied health-care reform and budget deficit reduction debates. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 ("DRA" or "the Act"), which was signed on February 8, 2006, and takes effect January 1, 2007, aims to cut nearly $11 billion in Medicare and Medicaid program spending over the next five years. Set up to pay for healthcare for the poor, Medicaid has grown exponentially, and now covers a wide variety of groups, including children, pregnant women, the disabled, and the elderly. On May 27, the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released "Increasing Premiums and Cost Sharing in Medicaid and SCHIP: Recent State Experiences," a report on how increased premiums and cost-sharing affect the ability of people with low incomes to keep their Medicaid and SCHIP coverage. |
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