Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD
212441850
Tel:
(800) 633-4227
Overview
Medicare is a Health Insurance Program for people 65 years of age and older, some disabled people under 65 years of age, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure treated with dialysis or a transplant). Medicaid is a jointly-funded, federal-State health insurance program for certain low-income and needy people. It covers approximately 36 million individuals including children, the aged, blind, and/or disabled, and people who are eligible to receive federally assisted income maintenance payments.