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14 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 431 (2011-2012)
Federalizing Medicaid

handle is hein.journals/upjcl14 and id is 435 raw text is: FEDERALIZING MEDICAID Nicole Huberfeld I. INTRODUCTION .................................. ......432 II. MEDICAID, THE POOR, AND THE FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP ........................................436 A. Two Themes: Deserving Poor and States' Rights........436 B. Kerr-Mills Redux: Medicaid ............... ....444 C. Enter: PPACA ......................... .....450 III. THE STATES' RIGHTS THREAD: A FEDERALISM CONUNDRUM ..........................................453 A. Searching for a Coherent Federalism ................ 454 1. The Federalism Revolution ......... .......454 2. The Roberts Court Begins to Reveal Its Federalism Cards .....................459 B. Medicaid and Federalism in the PPACA Litigation .... 464 IV. CHOOSING A DIFFERENT PATH-FEDERALIZE MEDICAID COMPLETELY..........................................473 A. Steps Already Taken ..................... ....473 1. Federal Funding. .................. .......473 2. Nationalized Medical Standards ........ .....476 B. Reasons to Forge a New Path ............. ......479 V. CONCLUSION ....................................... ...........484 * Gallion & Baker Associate Professor of Law, University of Kentucky College of Law. Thanks to Charlie Sullivan, Rob Mikos, Abbe Gluck, Sidney Watson, Lisa Pruitt, the par- ticipants in the University of Cincinnati College of Law Faculty Scholarship Workshop Se- ries; the participants in the UK College of Law Brown Bag Workshop; and to Steven Clark, Erin Tibe, and KristeenaJohnson for diligent research assistance. Thanks always DT. Comments are welcome (nicole.huberfeld@uky.edu). 431