While assessing a group of patients, the nurse recognizes the patient who could qualify for Medicaid benefits is the:
a. 35-year-old unemployed single mother with diabetes.
b. 70-year-old Medicare recipient with re-tirement income who needs to be in a long-term care facility.
c. 80-year-old blind woman living in her own home who has inadequate private insurance.
d. 67-year-old stroke victim with Medicare Part A and an income from investments.
A
Medicaid is a joint effort of federal and state governments geared primarily for low-income people with no insurance.
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