Important: This page is general information, not medical advice. It does not recommend or prescribe any treatment. Always consult your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.
About Medicaid
Medicaid is government health insurance that helps many low-income people in the United States to pay their medical bills. The Federal government sets up general guidelines for the program, but each state has its own rules. Your state might require you to pay a part of the cost for some medical services.
You have to meet certain requirements to get Medicaid help. These might involve:
- Your age
- Whether you are pregnant, blind, or have a disability
- Your income and resources
- Whether or not you are a U.S. citizen or, if not, what your immigration status is
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
It sits within Health System.
When to speak to someone. Reading about a topic cannot tell you whether it applies to you. Speak to a doctor or pharmacist if symptoms are severe, sudden, getting worse, or simply not going away — and seek emergency care immediately for chest pain, breathing difficulty, sudden weakness or confusion, or a serious allergic reaction.
Research on Medicaid
121 studies areregistered for this condition on ClinicalTrials.gov, the U.S. National Library of Medicine's public registry. A selection is below — the links go straight to the registry entry, not to a summary of ours.
What a registered study does and does not mean. Registration means a study exists and has been declared publicly. It says nothing about whether the treatment being tested works, is safe, or is available to you. Many studies find no benefit — that is what research is for. Never seek out an experimental treatment on the strength of a registry entry alone.
Research currently under way
- Specimen and Data Collection in South Carolina Medicaid-Enrolled Patients With Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and Metabolically Healthy ControlsGuardian Research Network, Inc.
- CITE: Clinical Inference Tethered to Evidence - a Retrieve-and-verify Layer for AI Care PlansWaymark
- Implementation and Evaluation of A Health Innovation to Support Medicaid-Insured Individuals Following HospitalizationUniversity of Pennsylvania
- Georgia Memory Net Anti-Amyloid Monoclonal Antibody RegistryEmory University
- VergeRx for Smokers Not Ready to QuitUniversity of Virginia
- Multilevel Community-Centered Intervention to Reduce Pregnancy Related and Associated Morbidity and Mortality (PRAMM) DisparitiesMichigan State University
Research already completed
- Medicaid Disenrollment: Intrastate Emergency Department ImpactVanderbilt University
- Coaching Performance Driven Practice Change in the Context of Value Based Purchasing Under New York MedicaidNYU Langone Health
- Impact of Outreach on Medicaid EnrollmentUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison
- Small Financial Incentives to Promote Smoking CessationUniversity of Oklahoma
- Addressing Basic Needs to Improve Diabetes Outcomes in Medicaid BeneficiariesWashington University School of Medicine
- Patient Perspectives Medicaid Title XIX Sterilization Consent FormColumbia University
Study data from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 2026-07-30. Registry entries are supplied by study sponsors and investigators; ClinicalTrials.gov does not verify their scientific validity. PocketsInfo is not affiliated with, and not endorsed by, the NLM or the NIH.
Where to read more
Rather than paraphrase, we point you to the primary sources. Every link below is to a government health agency, a national institute or a recognised medical body — grouped by what you are trying to find out.
Start Here
- Medicaid (Overview)Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Medicaid.govCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Learn More
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Dental CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Eligibility PolicyCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Medicaid (Costs)Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Medicaid: Getting StartedCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medical subject headings
Clinicians and researchers index this subject under Medicaid. These are the terms to use when searching medical literature.
This page is built from the MedlinePlus health topic record for Medicaid, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health. Information is from MedlinePlus.gov. PocketsInfo is not affiliated with, and is not endorsed by, the NLM or the NIH. Retrieved 30 July 2026.