If you’re 65 or older and have a limited income, you may qualify for both Medicare and full Medicaid coverage. When you are eligible for both programs, it’s called dual eligibility. Medicare will be the primary payer for your health care costs before Medicaid picks up some, or all, of...
Medicare Advantage is part of a wider move to give the for-profit insurance companies footing in the market previously served only by governments. Medicaid, too, is increasingly being served by for-profit insurance companies with big contracts to manage states’ Medicaid programs. The for-profit c...