Medicaid is the largest program providing medical and health-related services to low-income people. Medicaid was originally available only to people receiving cash assistance, but over time, Congress has expanded eligibility for children and selected adult groups.

Check your Medicaid notice or contact your state Medicaid office for more information. Get materials to help people with Medicaid or CHIP renew their health coverage or find other health care options. CMCS serves as the focal point for all national programs relating to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Medicaid provides health coverage to millions of Americans, including eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities. Medicaid is administered by states, according to federal requirements.

CDC+ is a long-term care program alternative to the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid Waiver.

Self-directed Medicaid services means that participants, or their representatives if applicable, have decision-making authority over certain services and take direct responsibility to manage their services with the assistance of a system of available supports.

Evidence suggests that states could reduce smoking rates, smoking-related disease, and health care costs among Medicaid enrollees by providing Medicaid coverage for all evidence-based cessation treatments, removing all barriers to accessing these treatments, promoting the coverage, and monitoring its use. 3,6,7,8,9

3 days ago · The CDC details nearly 30 people to WHO and sends many millions of dollars to it through cooperative agreements. The U.S. agency also has some of the world’s leading experts in infectious diseases and public health threats, and the two agencies’ staffers are in daily contact about health dangers and how to stop them.

Find diseases and conditions; healthy living; workplace safety; environmental health; injury, violence and safety; global health; travelers’ health and more. MMWR is a weekly epidemiological digest that provides timely, reliable, objective, and useful public health information.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborates to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats.

Information for people who need health insurance and want to apply or enroll in the Marketplace or Medicaid. Medicaid.gov Information about the program and policy details of Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.