President Kennedy and Medicare September 12, 2013 JAG History, Independent Press, JFK, MLK, RFK, Politics President Kennedy and Medicare The “socialized medicine” gambit was around much longer than most people realized, and it almost killed Medicare. Please enable JavaScriptplay-rounded-fill LinkEmbedCopy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Related President Kennedy