Thompson, Frank J. <br/><br/>
Medicaid politics :  federalism, policy durability, and health reform / 
Frank J. Thompson. 
 - Washington, DC :  Georgetown University Press,  (c)2012. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 273 pages) :  illustrations 
 - American governance and public policy series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Medicaid and the health care crucible --  Dodging the block grant bullet and other signs of resilience --  Beyond welfare medicine : the take-up challenge --  Government by waiver : the quest to transform long-term care --  Demonstration waivers and the politics of reinvention --  Reform : the politics of polarization --  Durability, federalism, and the future of medicaid. 
<br/><br/> 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 politically. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781589019355 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicaid.<br/>Medical policy--United States.<br/>Politics, Practical--United States.<br/>Medical policy.<br/>Politics, Practical.<br/>Medicaid<br/>Health Policy<br/>Politics
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA412  / .M435 2012