LEADER 04110nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910458938603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-79660-7 010 $a9786612796609 010 $a0-231-52159-6 024 7 $a10.7312/olso15060 035 $a(CKB)2560000000050090 035 $a(OCoLC)676814335 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10419645 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000440958 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12168495 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000440958 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10492480 035 $a(PQKB)10412425 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC895214 035 $a(DE-B1597)459186 035 $a(OCoLC)1013960568 035 $a(OCoLC)1037969396 035 $a(OCoLC)1041974666 035 $a(OCoLC)1046604407 035 $a(OCoLC)1047000782 035 $a(OCoLC)1049634386 035 $a(OCoLC)1054871813 035 $a(OCoLC)979577373 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231521598 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL895214 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10419645 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL279660 035 $a(OCoLC)826477827 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000050090 100 $a20091218d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of Medicaid$b[electronic resource] /$fLaura Katz Olson 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (441 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-231-15060-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [371]-405) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAbbreviations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Introduction: The Medicaid Story -- $t2. The Launching of Medicaid: 1965 to 1980 -- $t3. From Reagan to Clinton: The Low- Income Health Program on Trial -- $t4. Welfare Medicine in the Twenty- first Century -- $t5. Better Than Nothing? Who Gets What, When, How, and Where -- $t6. Long-Term Care: Medicaid's Eight- Hundred-Pound Gorilla -- $t7. Quality of Care: Does Welfare Medicine Mea sure Up? -- $t8. The Energizer Bunny: Medicaid and the Health Economy -- $t9. The Buck Stops Where? -- $t10. Conclusion: Medicaid and the Future of Health Care in the United States -- $tGlossary -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 1965, the United States government enacted legislation to provide low-income individuals with quality health care and related services. Initially viewed as the friendless stepchild of Medicare, Medicaid has grown exponentially since its inception, becoming a formidable force of its own. Funded jointly by the national government and each of the fifty states, the program is now the fourth most expensive item in the federal budget and the second largest category of spending for almost every state. Now, under the new, historic health care reform legislation, Medicaid is scheduled to include sixteen million more people.Laura Katz Olson, an expert on health, aging, and long-term care policy, unravels the multifaceted and perplexing puzzle of Medicaid with respect to those who invest in and benefit from the program. Assessing the social, political, and economic dynamics that have shaped Medicaid for almost half a century, she helps readers of all backgrounds understand the entrenched and powerful interests woven into the system that have been instrumental in swelling costs and holding elected officials hostage. Addressing such fundamental questions as whether patients receive good care and whether Medicaid meets the needs of the low-income population it is supposed to serve, Olson evaluates the extent to which the program is an appropriate foundation for health care reform. 606 $aMedicaid$xPolitical aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMedicaid$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a368.4/200973 700 $aOlson$b Laura Katz$f1945-$0936813 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458938603321 996 $aThe politics of Medicaid$92469649 997 $aUNINA