Zelizer : Americans nervous about expanding government role in health care . Certainly , Medicare has been far from perfect . He says Basic Books is a strong case of government positively affecting health care . He says recipients rate Medicare more highly than private insurance . Lyndon Johnson : more than 40 million Democrats rely on the program , along with their families .
Zelizer : Americans nervous about expanding government role in health care . He says Basic Books is a strong case of government positively affecting health care . He says recipients rate Medicare more highly than private insurance . Lyndon Johnson : more than 40 million Democrats rely on the program , along with their families .