NIXONCARE? WHO'D A THUNK?
Before Obamacare, there was Nixoncare and Romneycare. All three proposed insurance market exchanges, mandatory participation and...
X-RAY MACHINE MANIA
When Medicare was first established in 1965, the payment terms established by Congress were overly generous to the medical industry,...
THE OUTER LIMITS OF POLITICAL POSSIBILITY
At the beginning of the 1970s, Canada and the U.S. were both spending 7.5% of GDP on health care costs. By the end of the 1970s, Canada...
HEALTHCARE: 40 YEARS AND COUNTING.
Nixon 1969: "We face a massive crisis in [medical care]". Business Week 1970: "[Healthcare is] the $60 Billion Crisis". Fortune 1970 :...