Medicaid is the single largest public health insurer in the United States, covering upwards of 70 million Americans. Crucially, Medicaid is also an intergovernmental program that yokes poverty to federalism: the federal government determines its broad contours, while states have tremendous discretio...

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1. Verfasser:	Michener, Jamila 1981- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2018
Schlagworte:	Medicaid / Political aspects / United States Medical policy / United States Gesundheitsfürsorge USA
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Medicaid is the single largest public health insurer in the United States, covering upwards of 70 million Americans. Crucially, Medicaid is also an intergovernmental program that yokes poverty to federalism: the federal government determines its broad contours, while states have tremendous discretion over how Medicaid is designed and implemented. Where some locales are generous and open handed, others are tight-fisted and punitive. In Fragmented Democracy, Jamila Michener demonstrates the consequences of such disparities for democratic citizenship. Unpacking how federalism transforms Medicaid beneficiaries' interpretations of government and structures their participation in politics, the book examines American democracy from the vantage point(s) of those who are living in or near poverty, (disproportionately) Black or Latino, and reliant on a federated government for vital resources
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Mar 2018)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xii, 226 pages)
ISBN:	9781108224987
DOI:	10.1017/9781108224987