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Medicare for all means equality for all
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Happy Birthday, Medicare
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On Thursday, July 30, Medicare and
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By Emily Kirchner, M3 The Billfold, July 30, 2015āWhat the patient really needs is better insurance.āThe physician said it abruptly, matter-of-factly. Her comment was not
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Fifty years ago today, on July 30, 1965,
