Retirement - Medicare/Medicaid

Free Medical Supplies

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMMS) - The newly named federal agency, formerly the Health Care Financing Administration, that administers the Medicare, Medicaid and Child Health Insurance programs.

Medicaid Help - Your source for medicaid help and rules - how to get your benefits. A straight forward, free informative guide to getting the benefits you deserve.

Online News Hour: Medicare - PBS backgrounder on the Medicare program.

Campaign to Fight Medicare Fraud and Abuse - Department of Health and Human Services' site on how to fight health care waste, fraud, and abuse, using several agencies within the department and forming working partnerships with other Federal, State, and local organizations.

Almanac of Policy Issues: Medicare - Background information and links on the Medicare program.

How to Prevent Medicare Fraud - A detailed how-to on preventing Medicare fraud and how to report possible fraud cases.

AARP Research Center - Health and Long-Term Care - Information, research results and policy insights about access to health care and long-term care; financing care, benefits and services; Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance; managed care and consumer protection; advance directives and ethical issues; malpractice, fraud and abuse.