The legislative history of Medicare.
The first of two parts, this article chronicles the legislative history of Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act). The story begins in the middle 1930s with the first attempts to provide health care through a federalized system. Part II of the article, which will be published in the March issue, will begin with the re-election of Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
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