Explainer 51 - Beyond Medicaid? Potential Paths Forward to Better Healthcare
RTP's Fourth Branch Podcast
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The History of Medicaid
Medicaid was signed into law in 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson, meaning it has an almost 58-year track record. There are a lot of opportunistic moves to try to use Medicaid as a building block for a more federally oriented approach to healthcare. "If you want something better, you better not try to just try to beat Medicaid in its own game," he says.
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