August 28, 2006 2:38PM 

# One Way Medicaid Rations Care to the Poor 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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Click [here](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/1500AP_Medicaid_Doctors.html) for a brief AP article about how government-set prices under Medicaid (the federal-state health care program created for poor people) ration access to medical care. The study on which the article is based can be found [here](http://www.hschange.com/CONTENT/866/866.pdf).

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