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Displaced workers are looking for health care security during thesedifficult times. Proponents of patient choice and free markets inhealth care, instead of blindly deferring to the status quo, canchart a superior course that will improve the access and quality ofhealth care for America's families.
The best Medicaid policy would mainstream as many individuals andfamilies as possible into private coverage and encourageself-direction for those the Medicaid safety net was intended. Whenconsidering changes in the Medicaid program, federal and statepolicymakers should ensure fiscal control and improve the way thatlow-income individuals and families receive care.
Governors and state legislators can make significant headway in reducing the number of America's uninsured, improving access to quality health care, and expanding choice and competition in thestate health insurance markets.
The Administration's HIFA initiative gives states the flexibilityto expand coverage to the uninsured by integrating private coveragewith traditional Medicaid and SCHIP. Building on the progressachieved through welfare reform, states can mainstream individualsand families out of poorly performing public health programs andhelp them secure private coverage.