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Political battles over the federal role in health financed continued, with the major change coming in 1965, when Lydon Johnson's "[[Great Society]]" created Medicare, that is low-cost hospital care for Social Security recipients. Actual costs of Medicare proved much higher than predicted, making it a major element of the federal budget.

Political battles over the federal role in health financed continued, with the major change coming in 1965, when Lydon Johnson's "[[Great Society]]" created Medicare, that is low-cost hospital care for Social Security recipients. Actual costs of Medicare proved much higher than predicted, making it a major element of the federal budget.

The ongoing controversy about how much more hospitals charge self-paying or uninsured patients compared to patients having insurance or being in government programs like [[Medicare]] or [[Medicaid]] is referred to as [[hospital pricing]].  

The ongoing controversy about how much more hospitals charge self-paying or uninsured patients compared to patients having [[Health insurance|insurance]] or being in government programs like [[Medicare]] or [[Medicaid]] is referred to as [[hospital pricing]].  

===Multiple roles===

===Multiple roles===