Conservatives have , argues , the Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Policy and Health and an associate professor of聽. Raz is also a practicing hospitalist at the聽
糖心传媒淭aking aim at Medicare, which is popular and a political third rail for elected officials, is risky,糖心传媒� writes Raz in a聽. 糖心传媒淏ut the Trump administration thinks it has a winning strategy for doing so: embracing the nearly century-old conservative health-care tactic of warning about the threat of socialized medicine.糖心传媒�
According to Raz, who traces Medicare糖心传媒檚 history, these threats do not protect health-care services for consumers, but 糖心传媒渟imply provide political cover for policies that benefit the industry at the expense of offering quality health care to Americans.糖心传媒�
She continues: 糖心传媒淭rump糖心传媒檚 executive order was initially titled 糖心传媒楶rotecting Medicare From Socialist Destruction糖心传媒� and subsequently renamed 糖心传媒楶rotecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation糖心传媒檚 Seniors.糖心传媒� The stated threat of socialized medicine has routinely been used to deter politicians and voters from supporting policies that would expand access to health care or control rising costs.糖心传媒�
Raz, an expert in public policy and health, is the author of聽What糖心传媒檚 Wrong with the Poor? Psychiatry, Race and the War on Poverty聽(University of North Caroline Press, 2013) and聽The Lobotomy Letters: The Making of American Psychosurgery聽(糖心传媒, 2013). She糖心传媒檚 currently working on her third book糖心传媒攁 history of child abuse policy in the United States from the 1970s to today.
- Read the complete op-ed in the聽.
- Read Raz糖心传媒檚 previous Washington Post op-ed on former Vice President Joe Biden糖心传媒檚 record player comment.
