Medicaid Managed Care: State Flexibility in Action
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5 Medicaid Managed Care: State Flexibility in Action Introduction 7 Origins of Managed Care Innovation in Medicaid 8 Federalism and Experimentation—Waivers as a Framework for Innovating 12 The Federal–State “Cold War” over Medicaid Waiver Policy 15 Beneficiary Protection: By Whom and From Whom? 18 States as Laboratories for Innovation: An Operational Appraisal 21 States as Laboratories for Innovation: An Evidence-Based Appraisal 28 Summing Up: A Balanced Scorecard on an Age of Innovation 36 Conclusion 42 References 43 Tables 49 About the Authors 53
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