How is Medicare and Medicaid funded in the United States? Building off of a previous video discussing the structure of Social Security in the country, this resource explains the current situation with regard to a shrinking Medicare trust...

A reconsideration of Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty and the legislative programs it engendered, including Head Start and Medicare. Listen to (or read) Johnson's 1964 state of the union address, in which he introduced his plan to fight...

Sal talks with Professor Laurence Baker of Stanford Medical School about Medicare. [16:02]

Medicaid is a federal/state partnership that provides health insurance and other services for low-income families and other eligible people. In this video [14:07] learn what services are covered and how states are involved to fund and...

Confused about the U.S. health care system? This video [11:07] introduction uses one patient as an example to illustrate how money flows within the system. This will serve as the basis for deeper dives into each program as well as health...