Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2015
ISSN
1535-3532
Publisher
Yale Law School
Language
en-US
Abstract
This essay, written for the Yale Law School symposium on The Law of Medicare and Medicaid at 50, explores how the law of Medicaid after the ACA creates a meaningful principle of universalism by shifting from fragmentation and exclusivity to universality and inclusivity. The universality principle provides a new trajectory for all of American health care, one that is not based on individual qualities that are unrelated to medical care but rather grounded in non-judgmental principles of unification and equalization (if not outright solidarity). This essay examines the ACA's legislative reformation, which led to universality, and its quantifiable effects. The essay then assesses and evaluates Medicaid’s new universality across four dimensions - governance, administration, equity, and eligibility. Each reveals a facet of universality that underscores this new principle’s importance for health care into the future.
Recommended Citation
Nicole Huberfeld,
The Universality of Medicaid at Fifty
,
in
15
Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law and Ethics
67
(2015).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/892
