Health Care

 

                              Health Care

The Americans talk wistfully of their independence from government but the numbers, and the subtle influences, do not necessarily support that. For example, Health Care:

Medicare and Medicaid cover nearly 1 out of every 3 Americans – that’s more than 100 million Americans.

Medicare Enrollment – 19 million in 1966; 45 million in 2014; 61 million in 2019.

Medicaid provided coverage to over 75 million people in 2019. This includes working men and women, pregnant women, children, people with disabilities, and older adults.

Medicare was used to desegregate hospitals after the Civil Rights Act went into effect. If hospitals wanted to receive federal funding, they had to comply with the Civil Rights Act and desegregate.

10,000 Americans will be eligible for Medicare every day over the next 20 years.

81 million Americans will be enrolled in Medicare by 2030.