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    LZ Granderson: Republicans want to cut Medicare. Here's how real leaders would handle the deficit

    Our population was getting older and broker. Between 1900 and 1950, the number of senior citizens in America had grown from 3 million to 12 million. Only 1 in 8 had health insurance. Only 1 in 3 made more than $1,000 a year. By 1963, the population over 65 years old had risen to 17 million. These were the conditions that gave birth to Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. And while Republicans in the ...
    by LZ Granderson, Los Angeles Times Jan 13, 2023 3 minutes
    Chip Roy, R- Texas, speaks at a news conference with members of the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill Sept. 15, 2022, in Washington, D.C..

    Our population was getting older and broker.

    Between 1900 and 1950, the number of senior citizens in America had grown from 3 million to 12 million. Only 1 in 8 had health insurance. Only 1 in 3 made more than $1,000 a year. By 1963, the population over 65 years old had risen to 17 million.

    These were the conditions that gave birth to Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. And while Republicans in the House were not thrilled at the time about Democrats' effort to expand the

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