Structured Summary
Abstract
Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)
MeSH Record
Classification
Related Concepts
Knowledge Graph
Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.
MeSH Record
See Also
MeSH Record
Synonyms
4 entry terms
- Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18
- Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18
- Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18
- Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled
MeSH Record
Aspects Covered
9 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
MeSH Record
Indexing Annotation
U.S. only: for Canada & Australia index under NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS + country; specify geog; Public Law 89-97
MeSH Record
History Note
91; was HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED, TITLE 18 1979-90, was HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED, TITLE 18 1966-78 (PROV 1966); MEDICARE was see HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED, TITLE 18 1979-90, & HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED, TITLE 18 1975-78 1966-78 (Prov 1966)
MeSH Hierarchy
Tree Numbers
MeSH Record
NLM Classification
WT 31.5
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Medicare. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006278. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006278
- Medicare. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)
- Medicare. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q559392