title: The politics of Medicare and health reform, then and now.
authors.affiliation: Columbia School/Public Health, New York 10032, USA.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006291:Health Policy / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006278:Medicare / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States