TITLE

The Origins of Medicare

AUTHOR(S)
HELMS, ROBERT B.
PUB. DATE
March 1999
SOURCE
World & I;Mar99, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p40
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Details the history of Medicare. How it began; Factors that led to the financial problem involving Medicare; Views on Medicare reforms.
ACCESSION #
1635407

Tags: MEDICARE -- History;  HEALTH care reform

 

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