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July, when medicare went into effect, those hospitals had dug deep and found it within themselves, to start complying with the civil rights act, after all. around the 50th anniversary of medicare, in 2015. there was some renewed attention to that quiet but definitive way president chance in and his health secretary head desegregate it american hospitals, basically overnight. there are headlines like this one in the washington post. the massive rural medicare played in racial integration. in this...

The american system at its best. democrats, republicans, the house, the senate. the white house, business labor, all cooperating on a common goal. the saving of lives. the avoiding of injuries. making the places of work for 55 million americans, safer, and more pleasant places. this is certainly a great goal. >> president biden today is in fact, putting the muscle of the federal government and his authority as president, behinds trying to make our national offense against covid, more intense. mo...

Gave the country until july 1966 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 administrati...

Buttigieg, this poll came. was in the field right after last weeks debate and he does seem to be overperforming in iowa more than his national polls, which puts him in a position to be able, if somebodys not elizabeth warren or joe biden able to win the iowa caucuses, pete buttigieg might make a name for himself. >> its so easy when you get these bumps. the question is can he sustain it? in the meantime, ali, interesting new piece about how the cost of implementing medicare for all might be eliz...

We dont know the specifics yet behind how he plans to pay for this. this is another example of bernie sanders taking on the establishment and what he would argue would be bailing out the average american. this would go a long way toward helping people who found themselves in difficult positions because of a medical problem. theyre hoping that this along with implementing medicare for all will make the situation much easier for americans across the board. >> before you go, i know hes not answerin...

Its president obama. interesting thing with heritage action they kick off their town hall tour in arkansas. they are out there. if you look at the numbers of health care coverage in that area it doesnt bear out. in a community that is serviced by the community clinic, youve got 90% of their client base at a household income of 200% under the federal poverty level and 40% of their clients dont have insurance. while this may be good politics and it really rallies up the base, you have to look at t...

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