#Medicaid covers 80% of children in poverty and is crucial for people of color, pregnant women, and those needing long-term care in nursing homes. A history professor offers a brief overview of America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net. theconversation.com/a-brief-hi… Ben Zdencanovic, UCLA #healthcare
A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net
Left out of FDR’s New Deal, the health insurance program for the poor was finally established in 1965.The Conversation
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in reply to The Conversation U.S. • • •That was when Americans wanted public health "care" for those who could not afford it.
Now many just want health "business" for profit, forget the care part.