Medicaid Politics: Federalism, Policy Durability, and Health Reform

by Frank J. Thompson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589019342
• ISBN13: 9781589019348
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher