Jonathan EngelPoor People's Medicine
Medicaid and American Charity Care Since 1965
Preface ix
1. Antecedents: Poverty and Early Poverty Care Programs 1
2. Precursors to Medicare and Medicaid 28
3. War on Poverty and the Genesis of Medicaid 44
4. Hard-to-Reach Groups 69
5. Redefining Health 92
6. Charity Care and Comprehensive Reform under Nixon 107
7. Health Planning and Community Medicine in the 1970’s 123
8. Health and Welfare Reform in the Carter White House 144
9. Block Grants and the New Federalism 163
10. Recovering the Cuts, Managed Care, and Comprehensive Bill 184
11. Managed Medicaid, AIDS, and the Clinton Health Bill 209
12. Afterword 244
Notes 253
Bibliography 289
Index 303
