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When Medicare was first proposed, it was strongly opposed by the AMA and most prominent medical groups and journals, who called it a communist ruse and precursor to totalitarianism. Today such groups are the biggest proponents of socialized medicine. How did this major ideological shift come about?

by /u/BostonBlackCat in /r/AskHistorians

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