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