By Garrett Adams, M.D.Common Dreams, July 29, 2015The nation has a lot to celebrate when Medicare turns 50 on July 30.Medicare has brought care and
Celebrate 50th by advocating expanded Medicare
By Susanne L. King, M.D.The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.), July 28, 2015LENOX, Mass. — Medicare, a federal government program for seniors and the disabled, will
Racial injustice still rife in health care
By Vijay Das and Adam Gaffney CNN, July 28, 2015 Racism mars the history of health care in America. For years, black patients were relegated to
After 50 years, Medicare can still improve
By Nick Anton, M.D.The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.), July 28, 2015You were conceived by Senator and then-President John F. Kennedy and born on July
Happy 50th birthday to Medicare program
By Jessica Schorr Saxe, M.D.The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, July 27, 2015What do these recent news stories in the Observer have in common?An insurance agent connives
Happy 50th to Medicare, which has saved an untold number of lives
By Inge De Becker, M.D.MinnPost (Minneapolis), Letters, July 27, 2015Medicare's 50th anniversary, July 30, is just around the corner. Happy birthday, dear Medicare! You've given
Happy 50th Medicare!
By Paul Y. Song, M.D.The Huffington Post, July 24, 2015When I graduated from medical school almost 25 years ago, I was asked by then U.S.
Local doctor comments on Medicare’s 50th anniversary
Federal health insurance program reaches milestone anniversary, push continues for ’Medicare for All’By Evan TuchinskyChico (Calif.) News and Review, July 23, 2015Dr. Aldebra Schroll understands
Despite critics, Medicare turns 50
By C.V. Allen, M.D.Modesto (Calif.) Bee, July 16, 2015Happy 50th birthday, Medicare!You were a long time coming. With the Great Depression of the 1930s came
Medicare for All should be the goal
By Eve Shapiro, M.D., and Richard Wahl, M.D.Arizona Daily Star, July 21, 2015Medicare, one of our nation’s most valuable and popular social programs, turns 50
Medicare expanded for all would be better than ACA
By Kathryn Dean, M.D.The Olympian (Wash.), Letters, July 18, 2015“I need to admit you to the hospital for pneumonia,” I told my patient. He had
Medicare turns 50, and we have much to celebrate
By Theresa Chalich, R.N.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Letters, July 19, 2015Nicholas Kristof’s commentary “Poverty: Yes, It’s About Personal Responsibility but It’s Also About the Choices We Make
