government insurance program

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Medicare, the government insurance program for those 65 and older, does not cover such costs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

This means a pregnant woman’s outpatient medical care would be paid by Medicaid as her application for coverage by the government insurance program is being considered.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

This covers around 23.5 million people with private insurance or health plans managed by Medi-Cal, the government insurance program for low-income residents.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2023

Medicare Advantage covered 24 million people last year — nearly four in 10 of those on the vast government insurance program that began as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society of the mid-1960s.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2021

Ms. Whitefield also had health coverage through Medicaid, the government insurance program for the poor, because she has young children.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2018