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‘Apartheid’ Health Care? Why Medicaid Isn’t Cutting It for America’s Poor
7 minutes Posted Apr 4, 2022 at 2:23 pm.
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Why should people who have great health insurance care about people who don't? Listen as guest Dr. Paul Y. Song, radiation oncologist and president of Physicians for a National Health Program - California, and host Brenda Gazzar discuss the roots of America's unequal healthcare system. Why did the Lyndon B. Johnson Administration develop two different public insurance programs - Medicare for retirees - and Medicaid for low-income people? How is that decision still impacting American communities over 50 years later?  What can we do now that would help?

 

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