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medicare50

We need Medicare for everyone

Posted September 1, 2015

By Sandra WrightCarroll County (Md.) Times, Letters, Aug. 31, 2015Recently, two government programs extremely important to seniors, Social Security and Medicare, both celebrated birthdays. This

Offering equal access for health care?

Posted August 17, 2015

By Ann Troy, M.D.Marin (Calif.) Independent Journal, Letters, July 8, 2015Congress created Medicare 50 years ago to provide seniors with health care, giving them protection

Medicare at 50: Successes, shortcomings

Posted August 17, 2015

By Louis Balizet, M.D.Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain, July 30, 2015   Fifty years ago – on July 30, 1965 – President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law.Medicare’s

Medicare at 50 works: enhance it, expand it to all

Posted August 7, 2015

By Christine AdamsHealth Care for All Texas, July 30, 2015Thanks to Medicare, about 3 million Texans receive guaranteed health care benefits regardless of their medical

Let’s expand Medicare to everyone

Posted August 6, 2015

By Meghan Geary, M.D.The Providence (R.I.) Journal, Aug. 6, 2015William Butler Years wrote: ā€œFrom our birthday until we die, is but the winking of an

To fix what ails U.S. health care, expand Medicare — for all

Posted August 5, 2015

By Chess Yellot, M.D.Spirit of Jefferson (Charles Town, W.Va.), Aug. 5, 2015Isn’t it time to have a serious conversation on the question: why aren't we

Celebrate Medicare’s 50th birthday with your support

Posted August 5, 2015

By Patricia Downs Berger, M.D.Wicked Local Brookline (Mass.), Aug. 4, 2015 By Patricia Downs Berger, M.D. | Wicked Local Brookline (Mass.)
July 30 was the 50th anniversary

Medicare for all means equality for all

Posted August 5, 2015

By William D. Clark, M.D.Portland (Maine) Press Herald, Letters, Aug. 4, 2015Medicare became law on July 30, 1965. Medicare runs economically. It’s equitable – we

Happy Birthday, Medicare

Posted August 5, 2015

By Oliver Fein, M.D.PNHP N.Y. Metro, July 30, 2015The following are the prepared remarks of the speech that Dr. Oliver Fein delivered at the New

Medicare and Medicaid at 50: Time to include ‘US’ all

Posted August 3, 2015

By Joshua Freeman, M.D.Medicine and Social Justice blog, Aug. 2, 2015By Joshua Freeman, M.D. | Medicine and Social Justice blog
On Thursday, July 30, Medicare and

Thoughts on Medicare’s 50th Birthday

Posted August 3, 2015

By Emily Kirchner, M3 The Billfold, July 30, 2015ā€œWhat the patient really needs is better insurance.ā€The physician said it abruptly, matter-of-factly. Her comment was not

Medicare turns 50: A time for celebration and action

Posted July 31, 2015

By Ahmed Kutty, M.D.Monadnock Ledger-Transcript (Peterborough, N.H.), July 30, 2015By Ahmed Kutty, M.D. | Monadnock Ledger-Transcript (Peterborough, N.H.)
Fifty years ago today, on July 30, 1965,

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