Medicaid
MEDICAID
I. ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION
History
Medicaid is a Federal - State entitlement program that pays for medical services on behalf of certain groups of low- income persons. Title XIX of the Social Security Act provides for the medical assistance commonly known as Medicaid. (O'Sullivan, 1990) This means-tested entitlement program became part of federal law in 1965. Medicaid makes direct payments to medical providers for their services to eligible persons. It is the largest health program providing medical …
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… can build new ones on the past and continue our progress toward the goal of health care for all Americans.
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Davis, Karen. Incremental coverage of the uninsured. V276, n10, p831(2) The Journal of the American Medical Association, Sept 11 1996
Wolfe, John R. The coming health crisis. Chicago Press, 1993.
Cutler, David M. The effect of Medicaid expansions. American Review, 1995
Tenison, James. The Medicaid Dilemma. Washington: Brookings Institution, 1995
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