Exploring Medicaid

The U.S. created Medicaid, a publically funded healthcare program, to assist people in obtaining healthcare services. In this week, explore Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Tasks:

Answer the following questions:

• Explain the legislation that introduced Medicaid. Your explanation should include a description of the funding sources for the program.
• Describe some of the changes, including CHIP, that have occurred to the Medicaid program since its inception.
• Explain the demographics of the majority of people covered by Medicaid and identify how many people in the U.S. are covered by Medicaid.
• Describe the changes that will occur in Medicaid with the ACA.

From the Internet, review the following:

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid. (2017, September 14). CMS program history. Retrieved from https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/H…
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid. (n.d.). Affordable Care Act. Retrieved from https://www.medicaid.gov/affordable-care-act/index…

cite all sources using APA format.