Kindle Book Poor People's Medicine: Medicaid and American Charity Care since 1965

"Open link to read full page : https://greatfull.yourlifeisgood.club/kp/0822336952-Poor-Peoples-Medicine-Medicaid-and-American-Charity-Care-since-1965 || Poor People&#8217s 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&#8217s 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&#8217s 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.Starting with a brief overview of the history of charity medical care, Jonathan Engel presents the debates surrounding Medicaid&#8217s creation and the "