Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A program in the United States, jointly funded by the states and the federal government, that reimburses hospitals and physicians for providing care to qualifying people who cannot finance their own medical expenses.
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- proper noun US government system for providing medical assistance to persons unable to afford medical treatments.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Eighty-three percent of every dollar in Medicaid is spent on chronic disease and 99 percent in Medicare.
Kenneth Thorpe: Hold True to Health Care Reform Commitments to Fight Chronic Disease Kenneth Thorpe 2010
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Eighty-three percent of every dollar in Medicaid is spent on chronic disease and 99 percent in Medicare.
Kenneth Thorpe: Hold True to Health Care Reform Commitments to Fight Chronic Disease Kenneth Thorpe 2010
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State participation in Medicaid is voluntary; however, all states have participated since 1982 when Arizona formed its Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) program.
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- The share of low-income individuals enrolled in Medicaid is lower than in all but five other states.
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“… share of low-income individuals enrolled in Medicaid is lower …”
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At the same time, however, Medicaid is being privatized and contracted out to for-profit insurers at rapid speed, despite warnings by the Government Accountability Office about misspending billions of public dollars.
Anja Rudiger: With all eyes on the 'market,' health reform overlooked human rights Anja Rudiger 2010
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At the same time, however, Medicaid is being privatized and contracted out to for-profit insurers at rapid speed, despite warnings by the Government Accountability Office about misspending billions of public dollars.
Anja Rudiger: With all eyes on the 'market,' health reform overlooked human rights Anja Rudiger 2010
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On October 14, Armenian gangsters were indicted by federal grand juries for allegedly perpetrating the largest fraud in Medicaid's 45-year history, a sophisticated variation of the 1963 Great Train Robbery in England.
Bruce Fein: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Should Return Illicit Donation Bruce Fein 2010
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Medicaid is state administered and among the first things to get cut when they have a budget problem.
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Medicaid is now a mix of public and private insurance.
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