Improving health care in the 21st century: focus on Medicaid.

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This report contains information from the Health Policy Summit, held in conjunction with the Fifth Annual Primary Care Conference and the Tenth Annual HeLa Women's Health Conference. During the Summit's presentation, the Honorable Newt Gingrich offered key elements of his "Vision for a 21st Century Medicaid Solution." The vision focuses on developing a "21st Century Responsible Citizen Medicaid Act," which will provide improved health outcomes, decreased healthcare spending, and dramatically reduced health disparities.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Ethnicity & disease

دوره 16 2 Suppl 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006