Robert Ball, Architect Of Medicare, Dies In Maryland

Robert Ball — a “chief architect” of Medicare who administered the program for its first seven years — died at age 93 on Tuesday at Collington Episcopal Life Care Community in Mitchellville, Md., the Washington Post reports. In the past 25-years, Ball “helped reform and save” Medicare three times, according to the Post.

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on February 7th, 2008