Essentials of Health Policy and Law 2nd Edition by Joel Teitelbaum,Sara Wilensky

Exercise 3

What type of Medicaid reform or waivers, if any, do you support? Should Medicaid beneficiaries betreated like privately insured individuals, meaning increased cost-sharing requirements, fewer legal protections, and fewer guaranteed benefits than in the current Medicaid program? Is it fair to provide a more generous package of benefits to publicly insured individuals than most privately insured people receive? Can the country afford a more generous Medicaid program? Can it afford not to provide adequate health insurance and access to care t ot hepoor and near poor? Is it best to let states experiment with new ideas? If you could design a new Medicaid program, what would be your primary decisionmaking goal?