Medicaid in the Bull's Eye
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
4-15-2011
Journal
Health Affairs Blog
Keywords
Medicaid & SCHIP; Health Reform
Abstract
For decades, the Medicaid program has experienced periodic threats as federal policymakers have proposed to make major budget cuts, create state block grants, split up the program and so on. In addition, every several years, some state officials announce they are about to pull out of the program (though none has ever done so). Medicaid has been castigated as a failure, a budget buster and worse. Although Medicaid serves both children and the elderly, it has never been as popular with the public or politicians as Medicare, Social Security or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Recommended Citation
Ku, L. (2011, April 15). Medicaid in the bull's eye [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2011/04/15/medicaid-in-the-bulls-eye/.
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