title: Medicaid at 50--from welfare program to nation's largest health insurer.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, and the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital - both in Boston (B.D.S.). Mr. Iglehart is a national correspondent for the Journal.
authors.forename: John K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Iglehart
authors.forename: Benjamin D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Sommers
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008484:Medicaid / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D014481:United States