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

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

Engel, Jonathan

Hardcover

Medical ReferenceGeneral Sociology

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ISBN10: 0822336839
ISBN13: 9780822336839
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Feb 22 2006
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
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 offering coordinated, high-quality medical care, while others offer little more than bare-bones coverage to their impoverished beneficiaries.

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