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Tags “The Power to Heal Civil Rights Medicare and the Struggle to Transform America’s Health Care System”

Tag: “The Power to Heal Civil Rights Medicare and the Struggle to Transform America’s Health Care System”

Medicare and Medicaid, a major gift of the Civil Rights movement

I recently finished reading David Barton Smith’s book, “The Power to Heal, Civil Rights, Medicare, and the Struggle to Transform America’s Health Care System.” It is an excellent history of healthcare in the United States, particularly in the 1950s and ‘60s. For me, as a longtime Medicare for All advocate, the book also provided insight about our continuing struggle to achieve better healthcare in the U.S. at a lower cost for everyone.