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1966, before medicare would actually go into effect. so we basically gave the country, gave his administration a year. to get it rolled out. weve got a year. ready steady go. funny thing though, more than halfway through that year long wind up, more than halfway through that sort of yearlong on ramp. the lbj had given himself to get medicare implemented. nine months in fact into that year, that he had given the administration and the country to prepare for, the johnson administration suddenly re...

May 26, 1966 quote, top officials of state hospitals so caa shuns in 20 states, were called in today for an emergency conference down the hall, from health secretary john gardners office, although the meeting was closed, h e hamilton, president of the louisiana hospitals association, told reporters afterward with the greatest problem is. he said quote, its the requirement that negroes and whites would be permitted to share the same hospital rooms. and i dont know what the hospitals will do. but ...

Freedom. at the time with the johnson administration was actually most worried about, what serious critics and not just demagogues were worried about, was there would be a flood of new patients into americas hospitals, because old people, who previously could not afford to see doctor, now they would have health insurance coverage. they would be able to afford to see a doctor. so there are these worries that this new tie, this new flood of elderly patients suddenly accessing health services would...

Funding at your hospital your health facilities, your staff must be vaccinated. and the course on the right was instant. thats controversial. even the commentary and the press on. this thats a very controversial thing to do. some staff will want to be vaccinated. yes thats true. you think thats less controversial or less than a reach than lbj using medicare to forcibly disaggregate 2000 whites only hospitals in the south, overnight? do you think this is some sort of unprecedented thing that pres...

Single old person in america, was about having medical bills paid for by this new federal program. medicare was about to start a huge, huge news stream of federal government funding in the hospitals all over the country. but, at that time. all over the south. hospitals had scoffed at the civil rights act from 1964. hospitals have basically considered the selves immune from that kind of federal governmental. -ing and hospitals all over the south were absolutely positively rigidly segregated. ther...

Thats the civil rights act that had been filibusters by segregationist for 54 straight days. but in the end, their efforts to stop it failed. they signed. it in the civil rights act of 1964 banned segregation. in public facilities, also in private facilities to which the public had access. and the segregationist at the time, screamed bloody murder. its unconstitutional, you cant tell private entities whats to do. actually yes, yes you can. in the summer of 1964, president johnson made that law o...

Before medicare would actually go into effect. so he basically gave the country, gave his administration a year to get it rolled out, right? weve got a year. ready, steady, go. funny thing, though -- more than halfway through that yearlong wind-up, more than halfway through that yearlong on-ramp that lbj had given himself to get implemented, nine months into that year that he had given the administration and the country to prepare for it, the johnson administration suddenly realized what that jo...

Out a polite but firm letter, to hospitals throughout the country, making clear to, them that if they wanted to participate in this new medicare program. if they wanted to qualify to get any money under this huge new program, ensuring every old person in america, they could not discriminate on the basis of race at their facilities. . thats not going to be a problem right? everybody thats not gonna be a big deal is? it nobodys gonna have any objection to that. no real issue. the letter went out i...

Government should commit to providing health coverage to all elderly people in the country. truman could not get it done while he was president. but in 1965, lbj got it done. he signed the bill. creating medicare, in july 1965. and of course, the conservatives at the time screamed bloody murder, a high-profile conservative activist at the time named ronald reagan. denounced this new program. this medicare program as the end of america. as the end of freedom. it would mean a communist takeover of...