In this War on Poverty Conference presentation, Kenneth Chay discusses how the 1966 Fair Labor and Standards Act, which expanded protections to some farm workers and increased the minimum wage, impacted hospital costs, employment and Medicare. The Center for Poverty Research hosted the conference at UC Davis on Jan. 9 and 10, 2014. Chay is a Professor of Economics and Community Health at Brown University, as well as a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research.