title: 1971 Medicare amendment: reflections on the passage of the end-stage renal disease Medicare program.
abstract: In this article I reflect on events between 1968 and 1972 that influenced the enactment of the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Amendment to Public Law 92-603.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Plante
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006291:Health Policy / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000266:history; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D006278:Medicare / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D012924:Social Conditions / Q000266:history; D014481:United States