Health Care Reform: Where Do We Go From Here?

Will universal health insurance ever become a reality? In this, based on his address in October as the 1994 Margaret Chase Smith Lecturer, former Massachusetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis suggests that efforts to establish universal coverage will continue. He argues, however, that the success of these efforts depends on the public adhering to the principle that all citizens will contribute to a system of universal coverage

Hawaii and Massachusetts: Lessons from the States

As the nation gears up for another presidential season and a major national debate over the reform of our health-care system, policy makers in Washington would be well advised to look to the states for advice and experience. There is not a state in the country that is not currently struggling with the skyrocketing cost of Medicaid. Employers are crying for relief from health insurance costs that have risen by over fifty percent in the last three years. Businesses and unions are telling governors across the country that something has to be done to control workers\u27 compensation costs-costs that are being driven up largely by the runaway cost of health care

Kitty Dukakis, Michael Dukakis, and Larry Tye: Shock discuss The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy at the Ford Hall Forum, audio recording

After suffering from decades from severe depression, substance abuse problems, and hospitalizations, Kitty Dukakis now credits her recovery to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Opponents of ECT would like to see the treatment banned on the basis of its common side effects, including memory loss. Many patients say these are a small price to pay for control over a disabling condition. Governor Michael Dukakis and author Larry Tye join Kitty Dukakis for a discussion on how this medical treatment – along with the support of family and loved ones – can potentially help individuals through the horrors of clinical depression.https://dc.suffolk.edu/fhf-av/1072/thumbnail.jp

Oral history interview with Michael Dukakis (OH-022)

Michael S. Dukakis, former governor of Massachusetts (1975-1979; 1983-1991), discusses the career of Congressman John Joseph Moakley. Governor Dukakis talks about Congressman Moakley’s efforts to improve Boston Harbor and the Harbor Islands; recalls issues they worked together on while members of the Massachusetts legislature in the late sixties; what issues were prominent during political campaigns in the sixties and seventies; what the environment was like in the State House during the sixties; his thoughts regarding the Boston school desegregation in the 1970s and how important Congressman Moakley’s public service and political leadership was to his constituents.https://dc.suffolk.edu/moh/1021/thumbnail.jp