George H.W. Bush
 George Bush arrives at his Senate campaign headquarters in Houston, Texas, June, 1964. (AP Photo) |
George H.W. Bush was among those conservatives who, in 1964, joined in the push against Medicare and Medicaid. During his election campaign in 1964, he joined Goldwater’s rhetoric and pejoratively referred to the program as “socialized medicine” — a term that, though common today, carried more weight during a time when America was engaged in a Cold War against the Soviet Union and the House Un-American Activities Committee was holding hearings. |
