Medicare and Medicaid at 50: America’s Entitlement Programs in the Age of Affordable Care 1st Edition by Alan 0190231564 9780190231569

Medicare and Medicaid at 50: America’s Entitlement Programs in the Age of Affordable Care 1st Edition by Alan Cohen – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 0190231564, 9780190231569

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• ISBN 10: 0190231564
• ISBN 13: 9780190231569
• Author: Alan Cohen

For fifty years, Medicare and Medicaid have stood at the center of a contentious debate surrounding American government, citizenship, and health care entitlement. In Medicare and Medicaid at 50, leading scholars in politics, government, economics, health policy, and history offer a comprehensive assessment of the evolution of these programs and their impact on society — from their origins in the Great Society era to the current battles over the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”). These highly accessible essays examine Medicare and Medicaid from their origins as programs for the elderly and poor to their later role as a safety net for the middle class. Along the way, they have served as touchstones for heated debates about economics, social welfare, and the role of government.

Table of contents:

Part I Origins, Vision, and the Challenge to Implementation

1 The Contentious Origins of Medicare and Medicaid

2 Civil Rights and Medicare: Historical Convergence and Continuing Legacy

3 The Early Days of Medicare and Medicaid: A Personal Reflection

4 The Road Not Taken: What Happened to Medicare for All?

Part II The Remaking of Values, Relationships, and Society

5 The Transformation of Medicaid from Poor Law Legacy to Middle-Class Entitlement?

6 How the Courts Created the Medicaid Entitlement

7 Medicare and the Social Transformations of American Elders

Part III Retrenchment, Reform, and Reaction

8 Third Rail of Politics: The Rise and Fall of Medicare’s Untouchability

9 Medicare Innovations in the War over the Key to the US Treasury

10 Medicaid Rising: The Perils and Potential of Federalism

11 Independence and Freedom: Public Opinion and the Politics of Medicare and Medicaid

Part IV The Road to Affordable Care

12 The Era of Big Government: Why It Never Ended

13 The Missing Piece: Medicare, Medicaid, and Long-Term Care

14 From Servant to Master to Partner?: Medicare, Cost Control, and the Future of American Health Care

Part V Looking Ahead

15 Medicare in American Political History: The Rise and Fall of Social Insurance

16 Built to Last?: Policy Entrenchment and Regret in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act

17 Conclusion: The World That Medicare and Medicaid Made

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