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Medicaid: Complex, Federally Funded Program

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Republicans are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. What is Medicaid, and how is it different from Medicare?

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$880 billion -a-year state-federal program offers health coverage to millions of Americans .

More than 79 million people receive services from Medicaid or the closely related Children's Health Insurance Program .

Medicaid is a government health insurance program for people with low incomes and adults and children with disabilities.

There is no limit on how much states can spend on the program, and hundreds of billions of federal dollars flow into states each year .

Medicaid covers more mental health and long-term care services than any other type of insurance, public or private.

Republicans in Washington are again pushing for major changes, which could take the form of cuts to federal funding.

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