A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net
Left out of FDR’s New Deal, the health insurance program for the poor was finally established in 1965.
March 18, 2025 • ~11 min
Left out of FDR’s New Deal, the health insurance program for the poor was finally established in 1965.
Evacuating is expensive, and for some people the risks of leaving can seem greater than staying despite the storm.
What happens in November 2024 could influence other states weighing their own options.
Governments can do more to protect patients at for-profit nursing homes. A behavioral scientist who studies nursing homes weighs in.
Reduced staffing means nursing home residents make more unnecessary trips to the hospital.
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