Entitlement politics : medicare and medicaid, 1995-2001 /
David G. Smith.
- New York : Aldine de Gruyter, c2002.
- viii, 432 p. ; 24 cm.
- Social institutions and social change .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-415) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction -- Notes -- 2 Historical Background -- I. Medicare and Medicaid-Initial Legislation -- II. Medicare: Reform Efforts -- III. Medicare and the Contemporary World -- IV. Medicaid: Perennial Issues and Reform Efforts -- Notes -- 3 Medicaid and the Balanced Budget Act of 1995 -- I. Background and Early Moves -- II. Budget Resolution -- III. Budget Reconciliation -- Notes -- 4 Medicare-1995 -- I. Preparing the Way -- II. The Democrats Counter -- III. The MedicarePreservation Act -- IV. Denouement -- Notes -- 5 A Year of Transition-1996 -- I. The Three-Part Reconciliation -- II. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -- III. Reflections -- Notes -- 6 Medicare and Medicaid, 1997 -- I. The Context of Events in 1997 -- II. The Budget Resolution: Setting Strategic Limits -- III. The Budget Reconciliation -- IV. The Conference 223 -- V. Some Accomplishments -- Notes -- 7 Implementation -- I. Background -- II. Medicare Implementation -- III. Medicaid and SCHIP -- IV. Design and Construction -- Notes -- 8 Old Business and New -- I. Managed Care Reform and Patients' Bills of Rights -- II. Beyond the Balanced Budget Act: Rhetoric and the Future -- Notes -- 9 Postscript.
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