Medicaid and Medicare 入門

Medicaid and Medicare are two governmental programs that provide medical and health-related services to specific groups of people in the United States. Although the two programs are very different, they are both managed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
メディケイド、メディケアはアメリカ政府機関 Health and Human Service 傘下のCMS（Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services）が運営する医療関連のサービスです。

Medicare is a social insurance program that serves more than 44 million enrollees (as of 2008). The program costs about $432 billion, or 3.2% of GDP, in 2007. Medicaid is a social welfare (or social protection) program that serve about 40 million people (as of 2007) and costs about $330 billion, or 2.4% of GDP, in 2007. Together, Medicare and Medicaid represent 21% of the FY2007 U.S. federal government.
メディケアは社会保険で44万人が参加、メディケイドは社会福祉で40万人が参加しています。


Both Medicaid and Medicare were created when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed amendments to the Social Security Act on July 30,1965.
両者ともに、Lyndon B. Johnson大統領在任時の1965年に法制化されました。

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