Medicaid

Medicaid in the United States is a program managed by the states and funded jointly by the states and federal government to provide health insurance for individuals and families with low incomes and resources. Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with limited income. Among the groups of people served by Medicaid are eligible low-income parents, children, seniors, and people with disabilities.

References

Whetten-Goldstein, Kathryn and Trang Quyen Nguyen. You're the first one I've told: new faces of HIV in the South. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick: 2003.

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