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By Alfred Edmond, Jr. | Published August 8, 2010 | Full size is 501 × 320 pixels

The June 1972 cover on “The Economics of Health Care” reveals that the issue was a politically-heated topic close to 40 years ago. The multi-article editorial package reviewed the ongoing debate over “socialized medicine” as alternative proposals were submitted by Republican President Richard Nixon and Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy, among others. Our editors also explored the preservation of black hospitals and adoption of a national Sickle Cell Anemia Prevention Act.

The June 1972 cover on “The Economics of Health Care” reveals that the issue was…