POLITICO Magazine. How Trump Did It. It looks improvisational, but he planned this run for years, making a pipe dream look like a prophecy. What they heard as they ate deli sandwiches around Donald Trumpâs hulking wooden conference table sounded like the businessmanâs typical bravado. These 25 New York political operatives had come to ask him to run for governor.
Medicare is a federal health insurance program while Medicaid is a federal-state medical assistance program. Medicare is an insurance program that provides medical care to people over 65. Seniors' medical bills are paid from funds which those covered have paid into. People of 65 are covered, regardless of their income...but it is not free.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a branch of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , is the federal agency that runs the Medicare Program and monitors Medicaid programs offered by each state.In 2011, Medicare covered 48.7 million people.Total expenditures in 2011 were $549.1 billion. Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) benefits, like inpatient hospital care, skilled nursing facility care, home health care, and hospice care. 2  Medicare Program administration, like costs for paying benefits, collecting Medicare taxes, and combating fraud and abuse.