News release: “The MetLife Mature Market Institute has a new guide, The Essentials: Medicare and Medicaid, available free to the public. The publication is a concisely written how-to guide for older Americans and their families, which answers basic and in-depth questions about both health care programs, including the most common: “what’s the difference between the two?”…Medicare is a federally funded program administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that is a source of health insurance available to most Americans age 65 and over and certain individuals under age 65. For many Americans it is their only source of health insurance. However, it is not all-inclusive in its coverage and includes premiums, deductibles and other costs which are important for individuals to understand.”