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Monday, 21 February 2011
Health care and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
When Medicare came into law in the mid-1960s one of its accomplishments was to outlaw racial segregation in hospitals. Thanks to the federal government’s leverage as a payer, racial integration happened at a more rapid pace in the hospital sector than elsewhere. I’m no expert on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. or his connection with [...]
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