Medicare Coverage of Routine Screening for Thyroid Dysfun...
Institute Of Medicine / Board On Health Care Services / Committee on Medicare Coverage of Routin
When the Medicare program was established in 1965, it was viewed as a form of financial protection for the elderly against catastrophic medical expenses, primarily those related to hospitalization for unexpected illnesses. The first expansions to the program increased the eligible population from the retired to the disabled and to persons receiving chronic renal dialysis. It was not until 1980 that an expansion of services beyond those require...