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Article: Evolution of Medicaid Coverage of Medicare Cost Sharing.
- Article from:
- Health Care Financing Review
- Article date:
- December 22, 1998
- Author:
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INTRODUCTION
Medicaid has subsidized Medicare cost sharing for certain low-income Medicare beneficiaries since the two programs were enacted as part of the Social Security Amendments of 1965. The complexities of the original Medicare "buy-in" have been added to as Federal policies have evolved through a series of incremental expansions. Each of these increments may be more readily understood as the result of the influence of short-term budget constraints and the need for political compromise at the time than as the product of an overarching policy design. The purpose of this article is to enhance understanding of current policy on dually eligible MedicareMedicaid ...
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