Evolution of Medicare and Medicaid

Paper Summary:

The paper examines the events and processes leading to the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid in the United States in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The author looks at events between the years 1900 through 1965 and specifically the period following the Great Depression, the Second World War and the era of the 1950s.

Outline:
Introduction
Changes During the Progressive Era
New Deal Era
Second World War
The 50s
Health Care Spending Rises Steeply
Conclusion
Bibliography

From the Paper:

"As social security became popular and Congress passed bills raising social security benefits in that decade, reformers were inclined to extend health insurance to social security beneficiaries, mostly elderly persons (Berkowitz 2001). Most of them had stopped paying for their employer-based health insurance and had high morbidity rates. The federal government could then come in as a health provider through what came to be Medicare. The concept of limiting federally financed national health insurance for the elderly received congressional attention in 1957 (Berkowitz)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Berkowitz, E. (2005). The past as prologue. 15 pages. Health Care Financing Review: US Department of Health and Human Services
• Edwards, D. J. (2005). The Medicare/Medicaid slowdown. 2 pages. Nursing Homes: Medquest Communications LLC
• Sherman, M. (2004). US health-care spending surges. 2 pages. Deseret News: Deseret News Publishing
• Shumaker, R. (2001). Medicaid, Medicare : the differences. 4 pages. Topeka Capital Journal: Proquest Information and Learning Company

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