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Medicare/Medicaid

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I.    What Medicare and Medicaid?

    A.    Medicare

http://www.medicare.gov/whatis.html is What is Medicare?

Medicare information from the Social Security Handbook is at http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/handbook/handbook.24/hbktoc24.htm.

    B.    Medicaid

Medicaid is a state-federal program.  This is described in Supreme Court cases such as Rivera.    Not all states provide the same services.

II.    Applying for Medicare and Medicaid Benefits

    A.    Applying for Medicare

    B.    Applying for Medicaid

III.    Medicare Benefit Dispute (Individuals)

IV.    Medicare Benefits Dispute (Institutions)

V.    The Politics of Medicare and Medicaid

Numerous recent GAO reports on Medicare are at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/newtitle.htm

Medicare trust fund information is available at http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/TR/index.html.

Last Updated June 27, 1999

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