Medicaid and the health care crucible -- Dodging the block grant bullet and other signs of resilience -- Beyond welfare … the politics of reinvention -- Reform : the politics of polarization -- Durability, federalism, and the future of medicaid …

I consider the popular argument of Medicaid crowding out demand for private long-term care insurance. I show that this … argument rests on a wrong counterfactual comparison. Furthermore, I question the welfare-decreasing impact of Medicaid as it …