Changes And Continuities In Lyndon Johnson's Great Society

Since Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, much has been done to address poverty in the United States. Over time, there have been both changes and continuities. One continuity is that politicians have kept Medicare, Medicaid, and the Education subsidies from LBJ’s plan largely intact. One change is that LBJ’s plan focused on directly providing money to those in poverty, while later plans focused on getting people jobs.
Politicians have kept Medicare, Medicaid, and Education subsidies intact from the Great Society. Medicare and Medicaid have the goal of preventing people from going into debt due to medical expenses, specifically seniors and poor children. Medicare and Medicaid have remained unchanged, with the exception of the Affordable Care Act.