Medicaid Politics

Author: Frank J. Thompson
Edition: 1
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B009W9N62O
Category: Medical

Medicaid Politics: Federalism, Policy Durability, and Health Reform (American Governance and Public Policy series)

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. Download Medicaid Politics medical books for free.
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 politically unpopular, and there is pressure from fiscally conservative lawmakers to scale back the $350-billion-per-year program even as more and Get Medicaid Politics our bestseller medical books.

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Means-tested programs for the poor are often politically unpopular, and there is pressure from fiscally conservative lawmakers to scale back the $350-billion-per-year program even as more and

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