The Medicaid program has changed over the years in terms of the way medical and other services are paid for. The original Medicaid law guaranteed recipients their choice of providers. However, beginning in the 1980’s, states began making consistent requests for waivers to allow them to enter Medicaid recipients in managed care programs, and in 1997, the law was finally amended to allow states to do this explicitly. As of 2002, there are two types of ways Medicaid funds are administered, the traditional fee-for-service way and through Medicaid Managed Care (MMC).