Medicaid funds
- noun
- /ˈmɛdɪkeɪd fʌndz/
- US
:
fondos de Medicaid
- The nonprofit organization is advocating for better access to healthcare by increasing Medicaid funds for low-income families.
- federal Medicaid funds
Examples
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The state legislature approved a bill that will allocate more Medicaid funds to mental health services for underserved communities.
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So it only borrows enough to cover the daily difference between the payments to the ST subcontractors, the welfare checks, etc., and the sales tax revenues, property tax revenue, and repayments from the Fed for their part of the Medicaid funds, etc.
Blog text (19) -
In response to rising healthcare costs, the governor proposed a plan to boost Medicaid funds to ensure coverage for all eligible residents.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward noun phrase combining 'Medicaid' (a government health-care program) with 'funds' (money allocated), so its meaning 'money allocated for Medicaid' is directly derivable from the constituents. The productive pattern 'X funds' is common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand it.
Etymology
Medicaid funds means the public money set aside for the US government health plan Medicaid, which helps low-income people who cannot afford care. Picture a pot labelled Medicaid that holds funds hospitals and doctors use to pay for patient care, so the phrase means the money used to pay for that care.
