TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson,Frank J.
TI  - Medicaid politics: federalism, policy durability, and health reform 
T2  - American governance and public policy series
SN  - 9781589019355
AV  - RA412 .M435 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - Georgetown University Press
KW  - Medicaid
KW  - Medical policy
KW  - United States
KW  - Politics, Practical
KW  - Health Policy
KW  - Politics
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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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