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Medicaid

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Med·i·caid also med·i·caid  (md-kd)
n.
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.


Medicaid [ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪd]
n
(Social Welfare) US a health assistance programme financed by federal, state, and local taxes to help pay hospital and medical costs for persons of low income
[medic(al) + aid]
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Noun1.Medicaid - health care for the needyMedicaid - health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program
health care - social insurance for the ill and injured
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Medicaid [ˈmɛdikeɪd] n (US)couverture maladie universelle


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GAO examined available data to assess (1) the extent to which Medicaid children and adults have certain health conditions and receive certain preventive services, (2) for Medicaid children, state monitoring and promotion of the provision of preventive services, (3) for Medicaid adults, state coverage of preventive services, and (4) federal oversight by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
The fees that Medicaid pays physicians have not caught up with those of Medicare and may have contributed to enrollees' access problems, according to these authors.
This study examines whether the implementation of Texas' Medicaid preferred drug list (PDL) influenced, or had a spillover effect, on the prescribing of statin products for non-Medicaid patients.
 
 
 
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