Studying health insurance issues in the 1950s and Wolkstein's plans to assist with related legislation in the early 1960s; JFK's support for health insurance legislation; Wilbur Mills' opposition to Medicare legislation; how Medicare legislation was eventually passed; a Part B provision to the Medicare bill; an earlier version of the bill that was supported by John Byrnes; American Medical Association's concerns about the proposed legislation; defining the guidelines for Medicare participation; compliance with the legislation.
Oral history transcript, Irwin Wolkstein, interview 1 (I), 4/26/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Citation
Oral history transcript, Irwin Wolkstein, interview 1 (I), 4/26/1990, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-wolksteini-19900426-1-09-31