Will the Deep South Ever Expand Medicaid? Would it Matter?

Scholars and pundits have predicted that every state ultimately would expand Medicaid, arguing that the opportunity to have the federal government pay 90%-100% of the costs for insuring large numbers of people would be too good to pass up. To date, 37 states have taken the deal. However, a block of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Milbank quarterly 2019-12, Vol.97 (4), p.930-934
1. Verfasser:	JONES, DAVID K.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Federal government Government programs Health care policy Medicaid Opinion Public health
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Zusammenfassung:	Scholars and pundits have predicted that every state ultimately would expand Medicaid, arguing that the opportunity to have the federal government pay 90%-100% of the costs for insuring large numbers of people would be too good to pass up. To date, 37 states have taken the deal. However, a block of states in the Deep South continues to resist.
ISSN:	0887-378X 1468-0009
DOI:	10.1111/1468-0009.12430