Question

What is the difference between the Medicare and Medicaid programs?
Medicare provides health care for older people, while Medicaid provides health care for people with low incomes.
Medicare provides food stamps for people with low incomes, while Medicaid provides housing for people with low incomes.
Medicare provides food stamps for older people, while Medicaid provides housing for older people.
Medicare provides housing for people with low incomes, while Medicaid provides health care for people with low incomes.

Answer 1

The first option is correct.

Medicare is a federal health insurance program primarily for people age 65 and older (and some younger people with disabilities). Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that provides health coverage for people with low incomes and limited resources.