
Category: Healthcare


March 22, 1979 – Selling Universal Health Care – Selling Middle-East Peace – Weathering Denunciations.
March 22, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 22, 1979 – On this day, HEW Secretary Joseph Califano would be making a speech later in New York and was expected to unveil President Carter’s long awaited position on National Health Insurance. According to

Healthcare: A Right Or A Privilege – 1956 – The State Of Medical Care In The U.S. And The UK – Past Daily Reference Room
Healthcare – NBC Radio: New World – January 29, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Healthcare – an issue that has been part of almost every political discussion and heated debate with regards to Medical Care in America for as long as many can remember. Historians claim it was


The Delaney Clause – You Were What You Ate – 1975 – Past Daily Reference Room
NPR: Options – The Delaney Clause – Food Additives – January 22, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1958, a little known clause in an amendment made a huge change in what we were eating. The Delaney Clause, as it was known, was slipped in as part

September 22, 1993 – President Clinton – Making A Bid For Health Care Reform
President Clinton Address To Congress- Health Care – Sept. 22, 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 22, 1993 – Lest you think the issue of getting adequate, affordable, comprehensive Health Care in America has been a recent issue in our Socio-Political culture, I hate to be the bearer

July 31, 1987 – Disasters, Family Planning And The Reagan Nose
July 31, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 31, 1987 – A day full of activity, from the White House to Mexico City. Starting off with news of a horrific plane crash in Mexico city. A 1940s vintage Cargo Plane, carrying Show Horses

August 12, 1980 – The Search For Party Unity – Ted Kennedy Addresses The Convention
August 12, 1980 – Amid harrowing moments, threatened floor-fights and calls for an open convention, Ted Kennedy finally released his delegates to support Jimmy Carter and the slow road of party unity began. But in one last move, a move which upstaged Carter’s triumphant moment, Senator Ted Kennedy delivered a

August 11, 1994 – Heading For A Strike-Out
August 11, 1994 – The CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 11, 1994 – not an earth-shattering day, unless you were a Baseball fan. If you were, you were about to see a season come to an end and a strike over salaries drag on

August 9, 1994 – The Great Healthcare Debate Of 1994
August 9, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this August 9, 1994, the subject was Healthcare and the debate was in The Senate. The Healthcare measure, proposed by President Clinton was heading to debate and a much-promised filibuster by GOP members. Healthcare had