The History Hour | Medicare

Based on Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 

America's government health insurance programme Medicare came into force in July 1966. Plus, Chinua Achebe's seminal African novel Things Fall Apart.

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  • Type: Analysis
  • Channel: BBC World Service
  • Duration: 52'01''
  • Broadcast date: 2016
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