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What Any Serious Health Reform Proposal Needs to Consider
- By: Ferguson C, Riley P, and Rosenbaum S
- Published: 3/22/2009
Christine Ferguson, Patricia Riley and Sara Rosenbaum argue that reformers who would replace or significantly change the structure of Medicaid need to understand and consider carefully the crucial roles that Medicaid plays in state government. Failure to do so could jeopardize key activities of state government and leave many people without social services that are vital to their well-being.
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