Medical Assisstance Provided to the Poor

 -Social Security Act passed, rise of public hospitals and clinics for poor, beginning of two-tiered system of medical care

-Private insurance coverage expands, setting the stage for Medicaid

-Medicare and Medicaid Implemented

-Expansion of Medicaid

-Efforts to slow Medicaid spending growth, waivers, and welfare reform

-Creation of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

-Efforts to control Medicaid spending growth and state experiments to expand options for poor people