Health Care Reform Introduction: Prior to 1965, payment for a specific medical service was paid for directly by the recipient of the care or by the recipient's insurance company. In order to get full coverage or even coverage with a low premium, the rates are outrageous. For this reason, many poor, elderly, and severely disabled Americans were unable to receive proper medical treatment. In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson proposed one of his Great Society programs, "Medicare". Medicare …
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…an even higher deficit. We have doctors who cannot pay for their insurance and are quitting their jobs as obstetricians and just practicing gynecology because of it. I do not think this was well thought out for the long run, or shall I say the long haul ahead of us. Bibliography: Cohen, Joel. Grolier Electronic Publishing. 'Medicaid' (2003). Feinberg, Richard Ph.D. 'The Clinton Health Care Reform Proposal. Forbes.com November 25,2003 http://www.georgewbush.com/HealthCare/