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:FacebookTwitterPinterestTumblrWhatsAppEmailPrint Related President Kennedy