Poor people's medicine Medicaid and American charity care since 1965 / Jonathan Engel.

Author/creator Engel, Jonathan
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxx, 318 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Antecedents: poverty and early poverty care programs -- Precursors to Medicare and Medicaid -- War on poverty and the genesis of Medicaid -- Hard-to-reach groups -- Redefining health -- Charity care and comprehensive reform under Nixon -- Health planning and community medicine in the 1970s -- Health and welfare reform in the Carter White House -- Block grants and the new federalism -- Recovering the cuts, managed care, and comprehensive reform -- Managed Medicaid, AIDS, and the Clinton health bill.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-302) and index.
Other formsAlso issued online.
LCCN 2005021133
ISBN0822336839 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822336839 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822336952 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822336952 (pbk.)

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Laupus Books - Stacks W 250 AA1 E57P 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold