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Johnson dreamed of a “great society” to push his Medicare and Medicaid agenda through Congress. Both the Truman- and Johnson-advocated programs were passed through political compromises. Over time, however, overbuilding of hospitals and unrestrained use of Medicare and Medicaid funding sent health care costs into an uncontrolled upward spiral. Paradoxically, just when the nation achieved its goal of 4.5 community hospital beds per 1,000 population in 1980, as envisioned under the Hill–Burton Act program, the government concluded that the Medicare and Medicaid programs were no longer sustainable due to the rapid rise in health care costs. Subsequently, President Ronald Reagan authorized the prospective payment system (PPS) method of payment to reduce hospital utilization, which started a downward trend in inpatient stays and created a glut of unoccupied hospital beds in many parts of the United States.”
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