My mother was an "American Firster" opposing FDR in the 1940's. In the 1960's, she was a Movement Conservative before there were Movement Conservatives.
She loved Reagan, as Governor of California (where we lived at the time).
But there could be nobody more in favor of National Healthcare. She knew other countries had National Healthcare, and given her lifestyle as a frequently traveling single mother, she wanted National Healthcare More Than Anything. She couldn't understand why we, in the richest country in the history of the world, couldn't have it.
I don't think she ever made the connection to Ronald Reagan as spokesman against Medicare. When it was time to start getting Medicare herself, she thanked FDR for it.
Kenneth Arrow, one of the most famous nobel prize winning economists, wrote a paper in the 1950's showing that a private financed healthcare system could not work.
She loved Reagan, as Governor of California (where we lived at the time).
But there could be nobody more in favor of National Healthcare. She knew other countries had National Healthcare, and given her lifestyle as a frequently traveling single mother, she wanted National Healthcare More Than Anything. She couldn't understand why we, in the richest country in the history of the world, couldn't have it.
I don't think she ever made the connection to Ronald Reagan as spokesman against Medicare. When it was time to start getting Medicare herself, she thanked FDR for it.
Kenneth Arrow, one of the most famous nobel prize winning economists, wrote a paper in the 1950's showing that a private financed healthcare system could not work.
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