Mark Shepard, a Harvard Kennedy School expert, looks at the crossroads facing the American health insurance system, a patched ...

Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families. It ...

Kennedy Jr. was grilled by senators over ideas for reforming Medicaid and Medicare on Wednesday ... than a fee-based system." Medicare is health insurance for people who are at least 65 years ...

Medicaid, which turns 60 this year, was established in 1965 as amendments to Social Security by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The program was meant to provide health insurance to individuals and ...