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Medicaid and Block Grants: Social Justice and What the Great Welfare Experiment Can Teach Us

Marianne Udow-Phillips

Posted by Marianne Udow-Phillips on August 22, 2011

Recently, 29 Republican governors sent a letter to the President and Congress advocating for more flexibility in the Medicaid program and a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act. The principles endorsed by these 29 governors (which notably did not include Governor Snyder of Michigan) essentially supported the concept of a block grant for the Medicaid program.

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