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What is Medicaid?

Medicaid offers medical coverage to a large number of Americans. This consists of qualified low-income adults, children, expectant mothers, the aged, and people with disabilities. Medicaid is managed by states, adhering to federal requirements. The program is funded jointly through a collaboration between states and the federal government.

Medicaid Resources

1. Benefits of Accepting Medicaid
2. How to Apply for Medicaid
3. Medicaid State Plan Amendments
4. Prescription Drugs

Relevant Medicaid articles, blog posts, and whitepapers from reputable healthcare organizations

• Medicaid Efforts to Address Racial Health Disparities
• Understanding the Impact of Medicaid Premiums & Cost-Sharing
• Medicaid and People with HIV
• Health Affairs Forefront
• Medicaid 101
• Medicaid: An Overview
• Policy Basics: Introduction to Medicaid
• Medicaid Expansion and Postpartum Hospitalizations
• Medicaid’s Role in Supporting Equitable Access to Clinical Trials
• Medicaid Expansion in Mississippi — What’s at Stake
• How Would Filling the Medicaid ‘Coverage Gap’ Affect Hospital Finances?
• Medicaid Expansion Lowered Uninsurance Rates Among Communities That Experienced Redlining

Video tutorials that explain the Medicaid enrollment process