Drawing on the insights of leading scholars and top state health care officials, this volume analyzes the policy and management implications of various options for Medicaid devolution. Chapters focus on such topics as Medicaid financing, benefits and beneficiaries, long-term care, managed care, safe
Drawing on the insights of leading scholars and top state health care officials, this volume analyzes the policy and management implications of variou...
Medicaid, one of the largest federal programs in the United States, gives grants to states to provide health insurance for over 60 million low-income Americans. As private health insurance benefits have relentlessly eroded, the program has played an increasingly important role. Yet Medicaid's prominence in the health care arena has come as a surprise.
Many astute observers of the Medicaid debate have long claimed that "a program for the poor is a poor program" prone to erosion because it serves a stigmatized, politically weak clientele. Means-tested programs for the poor are often...
Medicaid, one of the largest federal programs in the United States, gives grants to states to provide health insurance for over 60 million low-inco...
