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 Aged Eligibility Determination Forecasting Insurance Coverage Medicare -- history Medicare -- trends Medicare Part A Medicare Part B Medicare Part C Medicare Part D History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Humans 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