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Medicare & Medicaid Basics
Medicare Medicaid
Federal health care coverage for: Cooperative federal and state health care
coverage for:
People Certain
People Pregnant
age 65 people
with Elderly women
or older under 65 with
disabilities disabilities people
People of any age with ESRD Low-income
adults Children
More More individuals
99.8 than 72 enrolled, 39.7
than million beneficiaries enrolled million million
including
more than children
enrolled in
More
Medicaid and
than 6,214 hospitals the Children’s
Health
Insurance
Program
skilled (CHIP)
15,015 nursing facilities
1.4 physicians
million
and other
providers
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CMS administers Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health care programs and services. This fact
sheet explains the Medicare and Medicaid Programs and provides brief information on other types of
health coverage.
Together we can advance health equity and help eliminate health disparities for all minority and
underserved groups. Find resources and more from the CMS Office of Minority Health:
H lth E it T h i lA i t P
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Medicare & Medicaid Basics
Medicare Medicaid
Federal health care coverage for: Cooperative federal and state health care
coverage for:
People Certain
People Pregnant
age 65 people
with Elderly women
or older under 65 with
disabilities disabilities people
People of any age with ESRD Low-income
adults Children
More More individuals
99.8 than 72 enrolled, 39.7
than million beneficiaries enrolled million million
including
more than children
enrolled in
More
Medicaid and
than 6,214 hospitals the Children’s
Health
Insurance
Program
skilled (CHIP)
15,015 nursing facilities
1.4 physicians
million
and other
providers
Medicare & Medicaid Basics MLN Fact Sheet
Page 1 of 8 MLN909330 April 2022
What’s Changed?
Note: No substantive content updates.
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, 10/11/23, 8:39 AM Medicare Medicaid Basics MLN909330
Medicare & Medicaid Basics MLN Fact Sheet
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What’s Changed?
Note: No substantive content updates.
Medicare & Medicaid Basics MLN Fact Sheet
Page 2 of 8 MLN909330 April 2022
CMS administers Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health care programs and services. This fact
sheet explains the Medicare and Medicaid Programs and provides brief information on other types of
health coverage.
Together we can advance health equity and help eliminate health disparities for all minority and
underserved groups. Find resources and more from the CMS Office of Minority Health:
H lth E it T h i lA i t P
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