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  2. Medicaid - Wikipedia

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    Medicaid covers healthcare costs for people with low incomes, while Medicare is a universal program providing health coverage for the elderly. Medicaid offers elder care benefits not normally covered by Medicare, including nursing home care and personal care services. There are also dual health plans for people who have both Medicaid and ...

  3. Medicaid coverage gap - Wikipedia

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    The Medicaid coverage gap includes nonelderly people with incomes that are below the federal poverty line (FPL), making them ineligible for subsidized marketplace insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but have incomes higher than their state's limit for Medicaid eligibility as their state has not adopted Medicaid expansion as ...

  4. Medically indigent adult - Wikipedia

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    Many states do not allow people access to Medicaid, [clarification needed] even in cases of extreme poverty, if no minor children are present in the home and they have not proven they are disabled. These people have no recourse to government provided healthcare and must rely on private charitable health programs, if any exist, in their area. [6]

  5. Community health centers in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1985, Medicaid patients made up 28% of all CHC patients but only 15% of CHC revenues. [5] By 2007, the share of Medicaid patients matched their share of revenues. In the same time period, grants for the uninsured decreased from 51% to 21%. [5] In 2008, Medicaid payments had grown to account for 37% of all CHC revenues. [4]

  6. What is the difference between Medicare and Medicaid? - AOL

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    Some people may be eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare. Currently, 12 million people have both types of coverage, including 7.2 million older adults with a low income and 4.8 million people ...

  7. Health care finance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    There are also various state and local programs for the poor. In 2007, Medicaid provided health care coverage for 39.6 million low-income Americans (although Medicaid covers approximately 40% of America's poor), [87] and Medicare provided health care coverage for 41.4 million elderly and disabled Americans. [71]

  8. America’s biggest Medicaid insurer just pledged to help build ...

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    The nation’s largest Medicaid insurer is pledging to help build nearly $1 billion worth of affordable housing in eight states as it moves to address one of the biggest determinants of health.

  9. Social programs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Medicare in the United States somewhat resembles a single-payer health care system but is not. [why?] Before Medicare, only 51% of people aged 65 and older had health care coverage, and nearly 30% lived below the federal poverty level. Medicaid is a health program for certain people and families with low incomes and resources.