National Historical Park Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit Seattle, WA The Seattle unit of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park preserves the story of the stampede to the Yukon gold fields and Seattle's crucial role in this event. The headlines of a Seattle newspaper on July 17, 1897, Gold! Gold! Gold!
In 1972, Republicans Voted For A National Healthcare Plan For Kidney Patients. What Changed? Did you know in 1972, a government-run national health care program was established through Medicare to take care of Americans who had end-stage renal disease, even paying for transplants? And did you know Republicans supported it? I was astounded, reading Jennifer Nix's I Love My Socialist Kidney in Salon.
Almost 20 percent fewer doctors are taking new Medicare patients. And that really troubled us. RAY SUAREZ: Goodman says the primary reason doctors are not taking new Medicare patients or opting out altogether is because of something called the sustainable growth rate.Itâs a mathematical formula established by Congress in 1997 to contain rising Medicare costs.uch of the political talk on Medicare focuses on its rising costs. But, for some patients, there are growing concerns about how hard it is to find a doctor. Once a month, these seniors get together at the public library in South Austin, Texas, to talk about whatâs going on in their lives.