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...Health care is always a leading concern to voters, so when times are flush, governors and legislators are happy to expand Medicaid with all the extra money in their coffers. It wasn't always this way: when Lyndon Johnson first proposed the concept, Medicaid was designed as limited health coverage for Americans on welfare. At that time, more than a third of Americans didn't have any form of health insurance. Medicaid was a welcome solution. But as health care costs skyrocketed over the last 15 years, Medicaid wasn't providing enough help. Many Americans who weren't on welfare...
During his nearly 50 years in politics, Moynihan also served in the Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford administrations—the only person to ever work for four consecutive administrations on a Cabinet or sub-Cabinet level...
April 25th—Just as many Yankee fans had feared, Jason Giambi goes down with a hamstring injury and is forced to DH much of the rest of the year. Nick Johnson takes over at first and goes on to wins a gold glove in his rookie season. This Yankee team is just too good—even the bench is back to 1996 form. We’ll be hearing from these Bronx Bombers come October...
...winter of 1967. Earlier that year, Conigliaro had been hit in the face by a pitch—an injury that impaired his eyesight and from which he never fully recovered. In 1942, 47-year-old Babe Ruth walked to the plate to face 54-year-old Walter Johnson, one of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game, in a home run hitting contest that raised $80,000 for the Army-Navy relief fund...
...seems likely, even a small percentage of viewers are stimulated to spend a little more time listening to the taped conversations of President Lyndon Johnson or the writings of presidential historians, then shows like "The West Wing" can lay claim to improving the quality of democracy even as they make money. If, on the other hand, viewers conclude that politics is identical to the scenes of President Jed Bartlett fighting for everything a majority of Americans desire, or that it is just a simple matter of appearing to be neither too liberal nor too conservative, then they will be bitterly...