health care 
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8/25/19
A History of the Fight for Universal Healthcare and the Cry of Socialism
by Donne Levy
This drama in which Democrats move toward universal healthcare and Republicans cry socialism has happened before, and it is instructive to analyze this history with a view toward what can be expected in the future.
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4/14/19
Health Care for All – A Cautionary Tale from the 1970s
by Richard Moe
If the ultimate goal is to expand affordable health care to every American, Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy offer important lessons.
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SOURCE: Dawson Creek Mirror
11-8-17
Canadians choosing health care over all else, says health care historian
Vancouver Island University’s Cheryl Krasnick Warsh says it’s more popular than the queen.
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SOURCE: NYT
6-19-17
How Did Health Care Get to Be Such a Mess?
by Christy Ford Chapin
The problem with American health care is not the care. It’s the insurance.
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SOURCE: NYT
3-31-17
After Health Bill’s Defeat, What Trump Can Learn From L.B.J.
by Michael Beschloss
Unlike Donald Trump, Lyndon Johnson had years of political experience that enabled him to pass his landmark Medicare legislation.
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SOURCE: WBUR
3-27-17
Doris Kearns Goodwin Puts Trump's Health Care Defeat In Historical Perspective
"By going for this crazy, difficult, complicated problem first — without knowing you had your own party behind you — I think it's just gonna cast a shadow on everything else."
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12-17-13
Santa Clara University to Deny "Elective" Abortion Coverage to Employees
by Nancy C. Unger
Santa Clara University does not generally impose religious doctrine on its staff, faculty or students... except in this case.
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Seeking the Good Death
by Emily K. Abel
Pediatric ward, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, 1907.Although most terminally ill Americans define a good death as one that occurs at home surrounded by family, a high proportion of people die alone in hospitals, tethered to machines. And many high technology treatments administered to dying patients impose enormous financial costs and inflict additional suffering without significantly extending life.
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