Daniel Sutter Discusses Welfare Block Grants as a Model for Medicaid Reform on Inside State and Local Policy

Dr. Daniel Sutter discusses his recent Mercatus working paper, “Welfare Block Grants as a Guide for Medicaid Reform.” Sutter reviews the history of the 1996 federal welfare reform, which was controversial at the time but has since been considered a bipartisan success that has empowered states to design welfare programs best suited to their populations. He explains how the waiver and block granting mechanisms in welfare reform could provide a model for a similar reform of Medicaid that reduces spending and transfers more control from Washington to the states.  

Calendar Date: 
Mar 25, 2013
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https://www.mercatus.org/sites/default/files/Dan-Sutter---Medicaid-Block-Grants.mp3
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Inside State & Local Policy [1]
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Urban Economics [2]
Entitlements [3]
Government Spending [4]
Healthcare [5]
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Mercatus Original Podcast [6]
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Government Spending [4]
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