Health Care

Medicaid

Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XIX, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, administered by the states, that provides health care benefits to indigent and medically indigent persons.

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Abstract

Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XIX, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, administered by the states, that provides health care benefits to indigent and medically indigent persons.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Dental Medicaid Program
  • Dental Medicaid Programs
  • Medicaid Program, Dental
  • Medicaid Programs, Dental
  • Medical Assistance, Title 19
  • Program, Dental Medicaid
  • Programs, Dental Medicaid

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specify geog; Public Law 89-97

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History Note

91; was MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, TITLE 19 1971-90; MEDICAID was see MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, TITLE 19 1975-90, was see under MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 1969-70; DENTAL MEDICAID PROGRAM was see under MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, TITLE 19 1979-85, was DENTICAID see under MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, TITLE 19 1974-78, was DENTICAID see under MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 1969-73

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Previous Indexing

  • Medical Assistance (1968-1970)

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W 250

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Medicaid. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008484. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008484
  2. Medicaid. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid
  3. Medicaid. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1141363