Poor People's Medicine Medicaid and American Charity Care Since 1965

Name: Poor People's Medicine Medicaid and American Charity Care Since 1965
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ISBN: 9780822336952

ISBN-10: 0822336952

ISBN-13: 9780822336952

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jonathan Engel

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"Poor People's Medicine" is a detailed history of Medicaid since its beginning in 1965. Federally aided and state-operated, Medicaid is the single most important source of medical care for the poorest citizens of the United States. From acute hospitalization to long-term nursing-home care, the nation's Medicaid programs pay virtually the entire cost of physician treatment, medical equipment, and prescription pharmaceuticals for the millions of Americans who fall within government-mandated eligibility guidelines. The product of four decades of contention over the role of government in the provision of health care, some of today's Medicaid programs are equal to private health plans in…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 2/22/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 0.24" wide x 0.35" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface



Antecedents: Poverty and Early Poverty Care Programs



Precursors to Medicare and Medicaid



War on Poverty and the Genesis of Medicaid



Hard-to-Reach Groups



Redefining Health



Charity Care and Comprehensive Reform under Nixon



Health Planning and Community Medicine in the 1970s



Health and Welfare Reform in the Carter White House



Block Grants and the New Federalism



Recovering the Cuts, Managed Care, and Comprehensive Reform



Managed Medicaid, AIDS, and the Clinton Health Bill



Afterword


Notes


Bibliography


Index