Financing Medicaid : federalism and the growth of America's health care safety net / Shanna Rose.

Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2013]

viii, 313 pages ; 24 cm

Introduction: medicaid, federalism, and policy feedback -- The birth of medicaid: 1965 -- The sleeping giant awakens: 1966-80 -- Retrenchment and repudiation in the Reagan era -- Options and mandates in the 1980s -- Creative financing mechanisms in the Bush era -- Waivers in the Clinton era -- Block grants and the 1994 Republican revolution -- Health care reform in the 2000s -- Conclusion: the future of medicaid.

Includes bibliographical references and index.