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Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations and Acronyms xiii 1 Medicaid and the Health Care Crucible 1 2 Dodging the Block Grant Bullet and Other Signs of Resilience 34 3 Beyond Welfare Medicine: The Take-Up Challenge 70 4 Government by Waiver: The Quest to Transform Long-Term Care 101 5 Demonstration Waivers and the Politics of Reinvention 134 6 Reform: The Politics of Polarization 167 7 Durability, Federalism, and the Future of Medicaid 203 Appendixes A Medicaid Expenditures 237 B Medicaid Enrollees 239 C Medicaid Provisions of Key Debt Reduction Plans 240 References 241 Index 263 This page intentionally left blank ...

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