September 2011
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Medicaid and the Maximin Principle
The “maximin” principle states that the fairest possible society would be one in which the social contract maximizes the minimum possible position. In other words, the society is designed such that the worst possible place is tolerable. As I noted in my earlier post, the philosopher John Rawls’ contended that the architects of a hypothetical society, working from behind a veil...
Medicaid Policy and Rawls' "Veil of Ignorance"
I had the fascinating realization today that, despite helping to administer the Medicaid program, neither I nor many of my colleagues have ever been the recipient of Medicaid. That is, administrators of the benefit are usually not among the beneficiaries. One cannot help but wonder what the program would look like and how it would be different if it were administered by people who receive...