Description: Medicaid PoliticsFederalism, Policy Durability, and Health Reform Author(s): Frank J. Thompson, Frank J. Thompson, Frank J. Thompson, Frank J. Thompson, Frank J. Thompson, Frank J. Thompson, Frank J. Thompson, Frank J. Thompson, Frank J. Thompson Format: Paperback Publisher: Georgetown University Press, United States Imprint: Georgetown University Press ISBN-13: 9781589019348, 978-1589019348 Synopsis 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 unpopular, and there is pressure from fiscally conservative lawmakers to scale back the 350-billion-per-year program even as more and more Americans have come to rely on it. For their part, health reformers had long assumed that Medicaid would fade away as the country moved toward universal health insurance. Instead, Medicaid has proved remarkably durable, expanding and becoming a major pillar of America's health insurance system. In "Medicaid Politics", political scientist Frank J. Thompson examines the program's profound evolution during the presidential administrations of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama and its pivotal role in the epic health reform law of 2010. This clear and accessible book details the specific forces embedded in American federalism that contributed so much to Medicaid's growth and durability during this period. It also looks to the future outlining the political dynamics that could yield major program retrenchment.
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Book Title: Medicaid Politics
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Medicaid Politics: Federalism, Policy Durability, and Health Reform
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: Government, Healthcare System
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 431 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Frank J. Thompson
Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
