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Overview. BackgroundWho is eligible? -- mandatory
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The Medicaid Program
Kevin C. Heslin, Ph.D.
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science
2. Overview Background
Who is eligible? -- mandatory & optional groups
What is covered? -- mandatory & optional services
Where does the money come from?
How is the money spent?
Issues of Costs & Access
3. What is Medicaid? A state-federal program to finance health services for certain groups of poor people. A transfer payment between taxpayers & recipients. A complicated health insurance program. The legislation -- 10 pages long in 1965 -- is now more than 500 pages of the US Code.