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The American Health Care System Previous Volume 340:403-408 February 4, 1999 Number 5

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Medicaid is the largest health insurer in the United States, in terms of eligible beneficiaries, covering medical services and long-term care for some 41.3 million people. In 1997, Medicaid expended $159.9 billion (12.4 percent of total national health care expenditures) to pay for covered services for low-income people who were elderly, blind, disabled, receiving public assistance, or among the working poor. The vast majority of such persons fall outside the employment-based insurance system, the mainstay of coverage for the working population. This fifth report in the series on the American health care system^1,2,3,4 examines the federal and state roles in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

State Medicaid Programs

The Concentration of Medicaid Spending

The Devolution of Federal Authority

The Eligibility Maze

The States' Booming Economies

Medicaid Managed Care

Conclusions

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