Image Medicaid is the country’s largest government health care program, covering more Americans than its better-known sibling, Medicare. “This is the most consequential change in 50 years for low-income people’s health care,” said Joan Alker, the executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University. AdvertisementThe results, according to independent analyses, would be major reductions in federal spending on Medicaid over time. Medicaid is the country’s largest government health care program, covering more Americans than its better-known sibling, Medicare. Researchers at the Brookings Institution recently looked back at historical Medicaid spending to see what would have happened under a cap.

Source: New York Times June 21, 2017 09:12 UTC