The cost-shifting problem is compounded, hospitals say, by the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which do not pay the full cost of their patients' care.

He also signed into law the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

But nursing homes began taking many of those people under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

There are also ombudsmen agencies for the Medicare and Medicaid programs in every state.

The Medicare and Medicaid programs were estimated to soon account for 50 percent of all national health spending.

Medical aid is currently given through the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which deal with all illnesses.

I will continue to strongly oppose efforts to end the Medicare and Medicaid programs as we know them.

Some people qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid programs.

How would he get the $141 billion of savings in Medicare and Medicaid programs that his plan promises?

The Medicare and Medicaid programs bear about half of this cost.