Poor Peoples Medicine: Medicaid and American Charity Care since 1965 | 
| Author: Jonathan Engel
Publisher: Duke University Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 344
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0822336952
Dewey Decimal Number: 368.4200973
EAN: 9780822336952
ASIN: 0822336952
Publication Date: February 1, 2006
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IPoor Peoplersquo;s Medicine/I 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 nationrsquo;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 todayrsquo;s Medicaid programs are equal to private health plans in offering coordinated, high-quality medical care, while others offer little more than bare-bones coverage to their impoverished beneficiaries./PPStarting with a brief overview of the history of charity medical care, Jonathan Engel presents the debates surrounding Medicaidrsquo;s creation and the compromises struck to allow federal funding of the nascent programs. He traces the development of Medicaid through the decades, as various states attempted to both enlarge the programs and more finely tailor them to their intended targets. At the same time, he describes how these new programs affected existing institutions and initiatives such as public hospitals, community clinics, and private pro bono clinical efforts. Along the way, Engel recounts the many political battles waged over Medicaid, particularly in relation to larger discussions about comprehensive health care and social welfare reform. IPoor Peoplersquo;s Medicine/I is an invaluable resource for understanding the evolution and present state of programs to deliver health care to Americarsquo;s poor.
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