Medicare

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federal health insurance program social insurance program

Medicare is a U.S. federal health insurance program primarily serving people aged 65 and older, as well as certain younger individuals with disabilities or specific medical conditions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Medicare canonical	54
Medicare program	12
Medicare Part A	1
Medicare in the United States	1
Original Medicare	1
United States Medicare program	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal health insurance program ⓘ social insurance program ⓘ
administeredBy	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
allows	purchase of Medigap policies ⓘ
alsoServes	people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ⓘ people with End-Stage Renal Disease ⓘ younger individuals with disabilities ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coverageArea	home health care ⓘ hospice care ⓘ inpatient hospital care ⓘ outpatient medical services ⓘ physician services ⓘ prescription drugs ⓘ skilled nursing facility care ⓘ
createdBy	Social Security Amendments of 1965 ⓘ
eligibilityAgeStandard	65 ⓘ
eligibilityBasis	age ⓘ disability ⓘ specific medical conditions ⓘ
excludes	hearing aids ⓘ most dental care ⓘ most long-term custodial care ⓘ routine vision care ⓘ
fundingSource	beneficiary premiums ⓘ general federal revenues ⓘ payroll taxes ⓘ
hasPart	Medicare self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Medicare Part A Medicare Part B ⓘ Medicare Part C ⓘ Medicare Part D ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
linkedTo	United States Social Security system ⓘ surface form: Social Security
officialWebsite	https://www.medicare.gov ⓘ
operatedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: U.S. federal government
partAType	hospital insurance ⓘ
partBType	medical insurance ⓘ
partCType	Medicare Advantage plans ⓘ
partDType	prescription drug coverage ⓘ
primaryBeneficiaries	people aged 65 and older ⓘ
relatedProgram	Medicaid ⓘ
requires	coinsurance ⓘ copayments ⓘ deductibles ⓘ
signedIntoLawBy	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
startDate	1965-07-30 ⓘ
targetPopulation	older adults ⓘ people with disabilities ⓘ

Referenced by (70)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American liberalism → supports → Medicare ⓘ

Medicare → hasPart → Medicare self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicare Part A

Great Society → hasPart → Medicare ⓘ

United States Secretary of Health and Human Services → hasAuthorityOver → Medicare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicare program

United States Department of Health and Human Services → overseesProgram → Medicare ⓘ

Social Security Amendments of 1965 → createdProgram → Medicare ⓘ

United States Social Security system → relatedProgram → Medicare ⓘ

Social Security Amendments of 1972 → affectsProgram → Medicare ⓘ

Social Security Amendments of 1972 → relatedProgram → Medicare ⓘ

Lyndon B. Johnson → signedIntoLaw → Medicare ⓘ

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services → overseesProgram → Medicare ⓘ

Medicaid → relatedProgram → Medicare ⓘ

Johnson administration → notablePolicy → Medicare ⓘ

Medicare Part D → partOf → Medicare ⓘ

Medicare Part B → partOf → Medicare ⓘ

Medicare Part C → partOf → Medicare ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Medicare program

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 → alsoRegulates → Medicare ⓘ

Office of the Inspector General → oversightArea → Medicare ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Public Law 89-97 → createdProgram → Medicare ⓘ

Title XIX of the Social Security Act → distinguishedFrom → Medicare ⓘ

Title XVIII of the Social Security Act → establishes → Medicare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicare program

Title XVIII of the Social Security Act → regulates → Medicare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicare program

Current Procedural Terminology → usedBy → Medicare ⓘ

CPT code set → usedBy → Medicare ⓘ

Social Security Act amendments → affects → Medicare ⓘ

Social Security Act amendments → createdProgram → Medicare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicare program

United States Senate Committee on Finance → hasJurisdictionOver → Medicare ⓘ

United States House Committee on Ways and Means → hasJurisdictionOver → Medicare ⓘ

United States House Committee on Ways and Means → overseesProgram → Medicare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicare program

NYC Health + Hospitals facilities → accept → Medicare ⓘ

ACA → affects → Medicare ⓘ

subject surface form: Affordable Care Act

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation → responsibleForProgram → Medicare ⓘ

CMS → responsibleForProgram → Medicare ⓘ

subject surface form: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

National Coverage Determinations → appliesTo → Medicare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Original Medicare

Center for Clinical Standards and Quality → jurisdiction → Medicare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicare program

Part D → partOf → Medicare ⓘ

subject surface form: Medicare Part D

General Enrollment Period → governsProgram → Medicare ⓘ

Balanced Budget Act of 1997 → affectsProgram → Medicare ⓘ

Balanced Budget Act of 1997 → reducedSpendingOn → Medicare ⓘ

Medicare trust funds → supportsProgram → Medicare ⓘ

Special Enrollment Period → administeredUnder → Medicare ⓘ

subject surface form: Special Enrollment Period (Medicare Part B)

this entity surface form: Medicare program

Senate Special Committee on Aging → focusArea → Medicare ⓘ

HITECH Act → fundingSource → Medicare ⓘ

Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services → oversees → Medicare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicare program

Office of Audit Services, HHS OIG → oversightOf → Medicare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicare program

Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, HHS OIG → oversightArea → Medicare ⓘ

Special Fraud Alerts → appliesTo → Medicare ⓘ

Medicare Part A → partOf → Medicare ⓘ

Title XIX → distinguishedFrom → Medicare ⓘ

Social Security Amendments of 1967 → legislativeSubject → Medicare ⓘ