Welfare Medicine in America: A Case Study of Medicaid Book

	Introduction to the Transaction Edition
	Acknowledgments
	Prologue
	List of Acronyms
Pt. I	The Coming of Medicaid
1	Competing Welfare Philosophies and the Provision of Medical Care	5
2	Public and Political Concern with Medical Care	19
3	The Federal Role: An Aphilosophical Expansion	42
4	Basic Provisions of Medicaid	57
Pt. II	The Euphoric Demise: July 1965-January 1968
5	Implementation	75
6	The Beginning of Disillusion	91
7	Facilis Descensus Averno	108
Pt. III	The Storm: January 1968-July 1970
8	The Scene in Washington	131
9	The Scene at the State and Local Level	156
10	Costs, Successes, and Scapegoats	183
11	Reassessments	212
Pt. IV	Benign Neglect: July 1970-June 1973
12	Federal Administration	237
13	The States	260
14	New York, California, and Illinois	282
15	The Courts and the Congress	305
16	Congress and the Future	327
	Epilogue	349
	Appendix	363
	Index	373