Tracing the Evolution of American Health Care Through Medicare

Health, Culture and Society, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2011

26 Pages Posted: 19 Dec 2011 Last revised: 17 Feb 2012

See all articles by Craig B. Garner

Craig B. Garner

Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law; Garner Health Law Corporation

Judith M. Berry

affiliation not provided to SSRN

David A. McCabe

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: November 1, 2011

Abstract

With President Obama’s health care reform currently under intense partisan scrutiny in the United States, this article is an objective resource for understanding the ways in which Medicare has historically served as a weather vane for charting the changes to the American health care system. During its nearly fifty-year tenure as the standard for the provision of medical care in the U.S., Medicare has evolved in fits and spurts, with its core structure shifting over time in response to changes brought about by the economic and political climate of each decade. It is only by understanding these past revisions, both independently and in the context of the concurrent changes in other nations around the world, that we can fully comprehend the state of America’s health care system today, and make the necessary allowances to ensure that our national health care program will survive to provide for its constituents in the years to come.

Suggested Citation

Garner, Craig B. and Berry, Judith M. and McCabe, David A., Tracing the Evolution of American Health Care Through Medicare (November 1, 2011). Health, Culture and Society, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1974356

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