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CLEP US Government

Category - Policy Processes

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Both Medicare and Medicaid are medical assistance programs. What two groups are currently eligible for each plan, respectively?
  1. People at-risk, financially; people over age 65 with low income
  2. People over age 65 with low income; people over age 70
  3. People over age 65; people ineligible for Medicare assistance
  4. People over age 65; poor people under age 65
  5. People at-risk, financially; people over age 65
Explanation
Answer: D - People over the age of 65 are eligible for Medicare, while poor people under age 65 are eligible for Medicaid. People eligible for Social Security are also eligible for Medicare, but Medicaid is for other groups that cannot afford health insurance. These criteria for each program will likely change by 2017 due to increasing the age requirement for Social Security and the implementation of the 2010 healthcare law. Eventually, Medicaid will probably cease to exist as a separate program.
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