Frank J. Thompson is a professor of public affairs and administration at Rutgers University-Newark and the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy in New Brunswick. Prior to joining Rutgers he served as dean of the Rockefeller College at the State University of New York in Albany. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and has published extensively on matters of health policy. In 2007, Thompson received a Robert Wood Johnson Investigator Award to support his work on Medicaid.

The book provides an excellent analysis of the Medicaid program, while strengthening understanding of the broader questions regarding how the policy process works. Choice For anyone wishing to gain deeper insight into Medicaid policy or how policy is made in instances of cooperative federalism, Medicaid Politics is a worthwhile read... it offers a thorough explanation of policy history and sheds light on the processes behind creating Medicaid policy since 1993 [and] presents a good sense of the trade-offs in policy decisions and the details of implementation. Publius Any collection strong in Medicaid and health care reform processes will find this invaluable. Midwest Book Review

• 1. Medicaid and the Health Care Crucible 2. Dodging the Block Grant Bullet and Other Signs of Resilience 3. Beyond Welfare Medicine: The Take-Up Challenge 4. Government by Waiver: The Quest to Transform Long-Term Care 5. Demonstration Waivers and the Politics Of Reinvention 6. Reform: The Politics of Polarization 7. Durability, Federalism, and the Future of Medicaid Appendixes 1. Medicaid Expenditures 2. Medicaid Enrollees 3. Medicaid Provisions of Key Debt Reduction Plans References Index

Frank J. Thompson is a professor of public affairs and administration at Rutgers University-Newark and the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy in New Brunswick. Prior to joining Rutgers he served as dean of the Rockefeller College at the State University of New York in Albany. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and has published extensively on matters of health policy. In 2007, Thompson received a Robert Wood Johnson Investigator Award to support his work on Medicaid.

The book provides an excellent analysis of the Medicaid program, while strengthening understanding of the broader questions regarding how the policy process works. Choice For anyone wishing to gain deeper insight into Medicaid policy or how policy is made in instances of cooperative federalism, Medicaid Politics is a worthwhile read... it offers a thorough explanation of policy history and sheds light on the processes behind creating Medicaid policy since 1993 [and] presents a good sense of the trade-offs in policy decisions and the details of implementation. Publius Any collection strong in Medicaid and health care reform processes will find this invaluable. Midwest Book Review

• 1. Medicaid and the Health Care Crucible 2. Dodging the Block Grant Bullet and Other Signs of Resilience 3. Beyond Welfare Medicine: The Take-Up Challenge 4. Government by Waiver: The Quest to Transform Long-Term Care 5. Demonstration Waivers and the Politics Of Reinvention 6. Reform: The Politics of Polarization 7. Durability, Federalism, and the Future of Medicaid Appendixes 1. Medicaid Expenditures 2. Medicaid Enrollees 3. Medicaid Provisions of Key Debt Reduction Plans References Index