MONONA, Wisconsin, July 31 -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, posted the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * On Medicaid's 61st Birthday, Tom Tiffany Hopes It's the Last Tiffany voted to gut the program and kick more than 200,000 Wisconsinites to the curb without care - MADISON, Wis. - 61 years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicaid into law and helped generations of Americans find and afford essential healthcare. Six decades later, Wisconsin's very own more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement on July 30, 2026: * * * Boyle Statement on the 61st Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement marking the 61st anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Medicare and Medicaid Act: "For 61 years, Medicare and Medicaid have ensured that millions of Americans can live with dignity and get  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Mackenzie Introduces Bipartisan Resolution Recognizing Medicare's 61st Anniversary * Washington, D.C. - This week, Congressman Ryan Mackenzie (PA-07), representing the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos, introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing the 61st anniversary of Medicare's enactment and honoring the program's enduring role in providing health coverage to older Americans and individuals with disabilities. The resolution is led by Cong more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on July 30, 2026: * * * Neal Statement on the 61st Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid SPRINGFIELD, MA--Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement marking the 61st anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing Medicare and Medicaid into law: "We celebrate 61 years of Medicare and Medicaid as Americans experience the ever-growing fallout o more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * RI Delegation Joins Seniors on Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, Discuss their Fight to Lower Health Care Costs * Coventry, R.I. - Today, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jack Reed (D-RI), along with U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02), joined seniors and Neighborhood Health CEO Peter Marino at the Coventry Resource and Senior Center to mark the 61st anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, provide an update on health car more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 1 -- Yale School of Management issued the following news: * * * Remembering Professor Emeritus Theodore Marmor, 1939-2026 Emeritus professor Theodore Marmor was a leading authority on welfare state politics and author of the seminal book The Politics of Medicare. An internationally recognized authority on healthcare and social policy and a pioneer in the field of welfare state politics in North America and Western Europe, Theodore "Ted" Marmor died on July 24, 2026. He was a professor emeritus at Yale SOM, Yale  more PR