>.... in response to > JFK's platform plank that called for the Medicare health initiative, > Rockefeller supposedly said, "we won't fight it, but will make sure it > comes > under Social Security where we can control it." > > Does anyone have an insight as to what he meant? Thanks, > > Dan Scanlan
I can think of two. Social Security was nearly cast in stone and eligibility was heavily restricted to over 65 and prior contributors. This automatically meant that Medicare would not be a national heath system. Medicaid was an add on to cover the poor and the definition of `poor' was heavily manipulated to exclude about 25% of people who were in fact working poor. CG _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
