Medicaid Reforms in the States, Administration of

A program, with implementation and funding that is shared between the federal government and the states, Medicaid is the source of health insurance for over 40 million Americans who are elderly, disabled, or poor. In fact, one in seven Americans receive health insurance through Medicaid. Medicaid is administered at the federal level by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a unit of the U.S.