medicare and medicaid

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Definition of medicare and medicaid in English English dictionary

U.S. government programs in effect since 1966. Medicare covers most people 65 or older and those with long-term disabilities. Part A, a hospital insurance plan, also pays for home health visits and hospice care. Part B, a supplementary plan, pays for doctors' services, tests, and other services. Requirements and benefits are complex. Patients pay deductibles and copayments. Medicaid, a joint federal-state program, covers low-income people under age 65 and those who have exhausted Medicare benefits. It pays for hospital care, doctors' services, nursing-home care, home health services, family planning, and screening. Participating states must offer Medicaid to all persons on public assistance but decide their own eligibility guidelines. Many physicians refuse to treat Medicaid patients because of low reimbursement levels

Hyphenation

me·di·care and me·di·caid

Turkish pronunciation

medıker ınd medıkeyd

Pronunciation

/ˈmedəˌker ənd ˈmedəˌkād/ /ˈmɛdəˌkɛr ənd ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd/

Videos

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