Where Can I Get Assistance Regarding Medicare Or Medicaid?

Are you trying to find out more information about Medicare and Medicaid? Are you wondering just what each is and where you can get more information?

Is there a difference between Medicare and Medicaid?
Medicare and Medicaid sound very similar but they really are not. They are two very different health care programs. Medicaid is state run and Medicare is federal government run. Medicaid is for low income people. This includes pregnant women, children under 19, people over 65, blind and disabled people and those who need nursing home care at any age. To file an application for Medicaid it has to be done through the state you live in Medicaid’s agency.
Medicare is run by the federal government and is for people over 65, people who are permanently disabled and cannot work of any age, and people of any age who have long term kidney disease. Medicare can be applied for at your local Social Security office.
People who qualify for both of these programs are called “dual eligible”. Sometimes in low-income people Medicaid is used to help pay for Medicare premiums.

Where can I find more information on Medicare?

Finding out more information about Medicare is relatively simple and easily available. There is lots of information on line, there is an official United States Government website that has answers to any questions you could have about Medicare and if by chance the don’t there is a page to ask your own questions and get an answer. There is also a number to call to speak to a live person to find out more information on the program it is 1-800-MEDICARE.

What about information on Medicaid?

Finding more information on Medicaid is also relatively easy. There is quite a bit of information online about the program in all states. It is applied for through each states social services office. Each office has a website that has pertinent phone numbers and forms and quite a bit of information you need to apply.

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