For more than 20 years, state and federal policy-makers have promoted Medicaid managed
care as a way to improve access to good quality care for the Medicaid beneficiary, while at …

Medicaid is integral to public health because it insures one in five Americans and half of the
nation's births. Nearly two-thirds of all Medicaid recipients are currently enrolled in a health …

The number of Americans enrolled in managed care has grown dramatically during the
1990s, as private and public purchasers of health care turn to managed care as a way of …

The apparent success of managed care plans in controlling medical costs has made the
prospect of managed care for Medicaid recipients attractive for state health policy makers …

The Medicaid program made a major commitment to managed care during the past decade.
Following turbulent early years, the marriage matured and stabilized because managed …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the influence of state strategies aimed at increasing federal
Medicaid matching dollars on the design of states' Medicaid managed care programs …

This chapter examines the emergence of managed care in Medicaid from an alternative to
the mainstream delivery system for many beneficiaries. It offers a definition that …

Prologue: After more than twenty years of operation, it has become clear to health
professionals and public policymakers alike that Medicaid, the federal/state health care …

With Medicaid managed care enrollment accelerating, policymakers must quickly
understand the lessons from the states so that the transition to managed care strengthens …

This study examines the recent expansion of Medicaid managed care from the perspective
of the thirteen states in the Urban Institute's Assessing the New Federalism project. States …