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A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net

  • Written by Ben Zdencanovic, Postdoctoral Associate in History and Policy, University of California, Los Angeles
A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety netPresident Lyndon B. Johnson, left, next to former President Harry S. Truman, signs into law the measure creating Medicare and Medicaid in 1965.AP Photo

The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash federal spending. A joint federal and state program, Medicaid provides health insurance...

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