Types of Medicare Four types of Medicare ... Both Medicare and Medicaid are government-sponsored health insurance programs, but there are different eligibility requirements for each program.

But in a twist this August, a separate part of North Carolina's government allowed the Medicaid program to start covering the drugs for weight loss — not just diabetes — for the state's poorest ...

The new rule would expand access to the drugs for 3.4 million Americans who use Medicare and another 4 million people ...