| The United States has one of the best health care | | | | and most states have online access to the Medicaid |
| systems in the world. It provided good medical | | | | system so that you can apply for help online or |
| treatments for its citizens, but it can be very costly. | | | | check out the regulations. |
| It seems that in recent years that the cost of | | | | So if you find that you, or a family member, is in |
| medical supplies and care has risen by so much that it | | | | need of some medical treatment that you are not |
| has put the hope of proper medical care out of | | | | able to afford, the federally funded insurance |
| reach of some individuals. That is why the United | | | | program may provide the answer to what you need. |
| States Government, in 1965, established the Medicaid | | | | Although they do not pay for 100% of the cost of |
| program in order to help low-income individuals and | | | | medical treatment for adults, the money that they |
| families to be able to afford proper medical care. | | | | do pay will help to defer the cost of the medical |
| Although the Medicaid program is funded on a federal | | | | expenses. The amount that they pay is taken on a |
| level it is also co-funded and administered on the | | | | sliding scale according to your income. If you have |
| state level. At this time, all 50 states in the United | | | | more questions about Medicaid or other similar |
| States take part in the Medicaid program, and | | | | medical assistance programs in your state then |
| typically about one in every 7 people takes | | | | contact them directly. They will be able to provide |
| advantage of the Medicaid program. It is administered | | | | you with the assistance that you need. |
| through various government agencies on a state level | | | | |