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History Health Care in the U..
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The Wagner Bill
The Wagner Bill asked for compulsory national health insurance and payroll tax. However, large opposition to the bill made it impossible to pass, it attempeted to pass 14 years in a row. http://www.pnhp.org/facts/a-brief-history-universal-health-care-efforts-in-the-us -
President Truman's Proposed Health Program
Harry S. Truman proposed a new national health care program. It suggested that the federal governemnt should play a role in the health care. Truman's informed of the lack of medical personnel, lack of quality hospitals in rural and lower-income counties, also how there wasn't a board of doctors and public officials. However, his bill did not passed and only was able to inform about the issues affecting the health care in America. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/3/399.full -
Introduction of Medicare and Medicaid
It was intended to help pay for a range of medical services which included hospital stays, physician visits, and prevenetive benefits. This provided health coverage for individuals age 65 and over. https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Research/HealthCareFinancingReview/downloads/00fallpg1.pdf -
Health Maintance Organization Act of 1973
It provided grants and loans to continue expanding the Health Maintance Organization ( HMO). It allowed HMO to contract with indepdent practice associations. a href='http://http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/29/11/2068.abstract' >http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/29/11/2068.abstract</a> -
Vaccines for Children Program
Federally funded program that provided free vaccines to children who were not financially capable of paying for those vaccines. -
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
The 1996 Welfare Reform Act, which transformed the nation's welfare system into one that required a time limited benefit program along with a work requirement. http://www.blackpast.org/perspectives/welfare-we-knew-it-1996-personal-responsibility-and-work-opportunity-act -
State Children's Health Insurance Program
The Children;s Health Insurance Program was created to provide health coverage to children in families with incomes too high to qualify for medicaid, but couldn't obtain private coverage. -
Medicare and Medicaid
By 2001, Medicare and Medicaid made up 32% of all health care expenditures in the United States. It replaced the Health Care Financing Administration. http://www.nami.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Inform_Yourself/About_Public_Policy/Policy_Research_Institute/NAMI-Medicaid_Facts.pdf -
Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003
Added prescription drug coverage unde the Medicare Program. It allowed deduction to individuals for amoutns contributed to health savings security accounts and health savings account. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-108publ173/pdf/PLAW-108publ173.pdf -
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The patient Protection and Affordable Care Act better known as Affordable Care Act focus on provision to expand coverage, control health care cost and improve health care delivery system.
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