In recent years, major new studies have tried to rehabilitate the presidency of Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at age 100. They’ve emphasized a range of underappreciated accomplishments in everything from foreign policy to environmental protection and racial equity. These accounts still acknowledge Carter’s failures but balance them with a longer-term perspective on how his presidency changed the United States and the world. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] This positive reappraisal, however, hasn’t extended to health care policy.
America Still Needs Jimmy Carter’s Health Care Agenda—even If It Flopped
Guian McKee / Made by History, Time
Sun, 12/29/2024 - 2:56pm
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