As State Medicaid programs become increasingly important sources of payment for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related care, and drug regimens the major weapons available to fight human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related illnesses, Medicaid drug policies will have a substantial impact. State Medicaid programs were surveyed to identify policies on a range of prescription drug polici...

Medicaid expenditures per recipient have increased substantially in the past decade, even after controlling for medical care price inflation. In response to this Medicaid expenditure growth, various policies to encourage Medicaid enrollment in cost-effective health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are being considered, including guaranteed Medicaid eligibility for Medicaid eligibles enrolled in...

ONLY BY LOOKING BACK to the years before the Social Security Act became law is it possible to assess the great progress made in the past decade in providing for needy aged and blind persons and dependent children. The public assistance titles of the Social Security Act were only par t of a comprehensive legislative program enacted by Congress in 1935 to supply work, insurance protection, or as ...