Medicaid’s federal-state matching system of financing is the nation’s largest example of fiscal federalism. Using generous federal subsidies, the Affordable Care Act incentivized states to expand Medicaid, which became a state option in the aftermath of a 2012 Supreme Court ruling. As of...

Medicaid's federal-state matching system of financing is the nation's largest example of fiscal federalism. Using generous federal subsidies, the Affordable Care Act incentivized states to expand Medicaid, which became a state option in the aftermath of a 2012 Supreme Court ruling. As of early...

How can the states retain relevance in an era of federal statutory law? The persistence of the states and our enduring attachment to "federalism" in an increasingly national and global regulatory environment has occupied the minds of many scholars. For the most part, however, the U.S. Supreme...