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Release: 1996-06-10
Publisher: Temple University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 1566394341
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB
Medicaid And The Limits of State Health Reform pdf
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With the defeat of national health reform, many liberals have looked to the states as the source of health policy innovation. At the same time, many in the new Republican majority and several governors also support increased state control. In contrast, Michael S. Sparer convincingly argues that states by themselves can neither satisfy the liberal hope for universal coverage nor the conservative hope for cost containment. He also points to two critical drawbacks to a state-dominated health care system: the variation in coverage among states and the intergovernmental tension that would inevitably accompany such a change. Supporting his arguments, Sparer analyzes the contradictions in operations and policies between the New York and California Medicaid programs. For instance, why does New York spend an average of ,286 on its Medicaid beneficiaries and California an average of ,801? The answer, the author suggests, is rooted in bureaucratic politics. California officials enjoy signific Download Medicaid And The Limits of State Health Reform for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve
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