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Medicaid
[med-i-keyd]
noun
a U.S. government program, financed by federal, state, and local funds, of hospitalization and medical insurance for persons of all ages within certain income limits.
Medicaid
/ ˈɛɪˌɪ /
noun
a health assistance programme financed by federal, state, and local taxes to help pay hospital and medical costs for persons of low income
Medicaid
A state and federally funded program that reimburses healthcare providers for care given to qualifying people who cannot pay for their medical expenses.
Word History and Origins
Origin of Medicaid1
Example Sentences
Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of billions of dollars.
An additional roughly $101 billion is the federal share of California’s Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, in which 15 million Californians are enrolled.
Keep in mind they are calling the cuts to Medicaid "waste, fraud and abuse" as well, but it's going to result in tens of millions of people losing their health care.
Meanwhile, the Christian right wing of the party, while happy to pass huge cuts to Medicaid and Obamacare, is largely leaving untouched Social Security or Medicare, which their working-class and aging base depends on.
Her comments about Medicaid cuts during an Iowa town hall sparked a spectator to shout, “But people are going to die,” To which Senator Ernst remarked, “We are all going to die.”
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