The Future of Medicaid
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Keywords
Medicaid, block grant, long-term care
Abstract
Medicaid, the US federal-state financed program that assists people to gain access to health services when they cannot afford them, is in peril. Some of the recently defeated proposals to change financing of the program, the shift to managed care, and massive state deficits all threaten to limit optional and Home- and Community-Based Waiver Services to people with long-term care requirements. This policy research paper will explore some current myths about Medicaid, what states are doing to reduce Medicaid expenditures, and propose 10 principles and observations that should shape a response from the disability community to efforts to shrink Medicaid.
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Arnold Birenbaum, Associate Director, Rose F. Kennedy University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities; Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Arnold Birenbaum, Ph.D. is the Associate Director of Rose F. Kennedy University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities and Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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This paper was presented at the annual meetings of the Association of University Centers on Disability, Bethesda, MD, November 11, 2003.