The Politics of Medicaid / / Laura Katz Olson.
In 1965, the United States government enacted legislation to provide low-income individuals with quality health care and related services. Initially viewed as the friendless stepchild of Medicare, Medicaid has grown exponentially since its inception, becoming a formidable force of its own. Funded jo...
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: The Medicaid Story
- 2. The Launching of Medicaid: 1965 to 1980
- 3. From Reagan to Clinton: The Low- Income Health Program on Trial
- 4. Welfare Medicine in the Twenty- first Century
- 5. Better Than Nothing? Who Gets What, When, How, and Where
- 6. Long-Term Care: Medicaid's Eight- Hundred-Pound Gorilla
- 7. Quality of Care: Does Welfare Medicine Mea sure Up?
- 8. The Energizer Bunny: Medicaid and the Health Economy
- 9. The Buck Stops Where?
- 10. Conclusion: Medicaid and the Future of Health Care in the United States
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index