An amendment (Title 19) to the SSA provides grants to states to assist medically indigent citizens receive medical care. Which program is this?

An amendment (Title 19) to the SSA provides grants to states to assist medically indigent citizens receive medical care. Which program is this?

• A. Self-determination
• B. Medicare
• C. Aid to Families with Dependent Children
• D. Medicaid

Answer: (D)

Medicaid is the program described. It’s a joint federal-state health insurance program created to help low-income or medically indigent people access medical care. Title XIX of the Social Security Act provides federal funds to states to run Medicaid within federal rules, covering services like hospital care, doctor visits, and long-term care for those who qualify. Medicare, by contrast, is a federal program primarily for people 65 and older (and some disabled individuals) and isn’t means-tested. Self-determination relates to tribal governance and autonomy in service delivery, not to medical care funding under Title XIX. Aid to Families with Dependent Children was a welfare cash-assistance program, not a medical care program. So the described program is Medicaid.

Medicaid is the program described. It’s a joint federal-state health insurance program created to help low-income or medically indigent people access medical care. Title XIX of the Social Security Act provides federal funds to states to run Medicaid within federal rules, covering services like hospital care, doctor visits, and long-term care for those who qualify. Medicare, by contrast, is a federal program primarily for people 65 and older (and some disabled individuals) and isn’t means-tested. Self-determination relates to tribal governance and autonomy in service delivery, not to medical care funding under Title XIX. Aid to Families with Dependent Children was a welfare cash-assistance program, not a medical care program. So the described program is Medicaid.