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Personal Observations on the Changing Scene In American Medicine: 1955 to 2010

24/08/2014 · by · in post for doctors · Leave a comment

                 Clifton K. Meador, M.D. When I entered private practice in 1962 (after graduating from medical school in 1955, completing a medical residency, serving  two years in the Army Medical Corps, and completing a NIH Fellowship in Endocrinology), there was no Medicare, no Medicaid, and very little medical insurance of any kind. Patients paid cash, […]