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Glossaries

For many of us, medical and health insurance terms are unfamiliar or complex. Our glossaries define some of those terms.


		Medicaid A program of federal matching grants to the states to provide health insurance for the indigent. States share in financing the program and determine eligibility and benefits consistent with federal standards.

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Major medical insurance
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