Medicare (United States)
Posted on:3/24/2006
| Medicare is a health insurance program for the elderly and disabled in the United States. |
Medicare is a health insurance program for the elderly and disabled in the United States. It was first passed on July 30, 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson as amendments to Social Security legislation.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a component of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), administers Medicare, Medicaid, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). Along with the Departments of Labor and Treasury, CMS also implements the insurance reform provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
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