Medicaid 101: history, challenges, and opportunities

This report contains information from the Health Policy Summit, held in conjunction with the Fifth Annual Primary Care Conference and the Tenth Annual HeLa Women's Health Conference. During this Summit's presentation, Warren A. Jones, MD provided information on the Medicaid system and the challenges facing administrators at the state level, specifically those in Mississippi and calls for an improved Medicaid system that will: provide a better definition of benefits; remember the children; offer a humane system of care for the elderly; eliminate fraud; and use a synergistic team of leadership to deliver the program.