Medicare at 50: origins and evolution

Medicare at 50: origins and evolution

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
In the literature (Commonwealth Fund)
Author(s):
Hollander, Chris, author
Contributor(s):
Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, 2015
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Medicare -- organization & administration
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Since 1965, Medicare has provided millions of older and disabled Americans with guaranteed access to affordable health care. The broad popularity of the program, however, belies the intensely ideological struggle that preceded its creation and that continues in the debate over its future. In the first report of a two-part series published in the New England Journal of Medicine, David Blumenthal, M.D., Karen Davis, and Stuart Guterman trace the origins of Medicare and discuss its accomplishments, the changes it has undergone, and the challenges that remain.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 unnumbered pages)).
NLM Unique ID:
101676207 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101676207