Term: Medicaid

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2007-09-26

Definition:

A United States jointly funded, Federal - State health insurance program for certain low-income and needy people, covering approximately 36 million individuals including children, the aged, blind, and / or disabled, and people who are eligible to receive federally assisted income maintenance programs.

Related terms 

• Medicare

Links 

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Term used in 

• Kozyrskyj A, Raymond C, Dahl M, Ekuma O, Schultz J, Sklepowich M, Bond R. Effects of Manitoba Pharmacare Formulary Policy on Utilization of Prescription Medications. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2009. [Report] [Summary] (View)