A look down the timeline of social legislation is mind-boggling. Unemployment insurance, disability insurance, and retirement benefits were all in place and yet, access to health care for all Americans remains the elusive prize, even today. No matter how many years pass, arguments for universal health care are the same, as are arguments against. Here [...]
1949 Fast forward our HCR time machine to 1949. World War II is in the past, a new decade is just beyond, the first Social Security benefits are being paid to retired workers, and the future looks bright. Well, it looks bright for some, anyway. For others, not so much. President Truman has sent a [...]
I’ve been entertaining myself with a walk down memory lane on the legislative history of Social Security and Medicare for a few days. The more I read, the more familiar it all sounded. It’s a little like seeing bellbottoms and skinny jeans come back into style: fundamentally the same with small tweaks. By looking at [...]
