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The Importance Of Medicare

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Medicaid is defined as "Federally assisted and state-administered program to pay for medical services on behalf of certain certain groups of low-income individuals." (p.210) The individuals are not covered by social security. It provides medical and long term term care coverage for people with disabilities and assistance with health and long-term care expenses for low-income seniors as well. Medicare is defined as "Nationwide health insurance program authorized under title 18 of the Social Security Act that provides benefits to people age 65 and older. (p.210) Medicare does also apple to people with chronic illnesses and catastrophic no matter their age. Both are expected to grow because of the aging population and the Affordable Care Act.

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