The U.S. Medicaid reform: the current state and policy implications for low-income population

Medicaid is the health care program that is financed jointly by the federal and state governments. Many states are seeking ways to contain the increased budgetary strain that has resulted from the increases in Medicaid spending. For many states, managed care has been viewed as the means to hold down...

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Published inJournal of health and human services administration Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 105
Main Author Rivers, P A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 1999
Subjects
Cost Control
Financing, Government
Health Care Reform - legislation & jurisprudence
Health Policy
Medicaid - economics
Medicaid - organization & administration
Poverty
United States
United States
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Summary:Medicaid is the health care program that is financed jointly by the federal and state governments. Many states are seeking ways to contain the increased budgetary strain that has resulted from the increases in Medicaid spending. For many states, managed care has been viewed as the means to hold down costs for some of the population served by Medicaid. This article examines the origins and status of Medicaid and the options available to extend coverage to the low-income population.
ISSN:1079-3739