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Teddy Roosevelt
Roosevelt calls for universal health care while running for office for the third time. -
Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a Social Security bill. He decided to leave Health care out of the bill because he thought it would endanger the bill. -
Franklin Roosevelt
A bill calls for Social Security to provide a national health insurance program. This bill was kill by opponents. -
Truman
Truman signs the Hospital Survey and Construction Act. This mandated that hospitals could not refuse access to the faciluty due to discrimination. Also includes in the bill, federal money is available to states for the use of constructing and maintaining faciluties. -
Johnson
Creates Medicare and Medicaid for elderly Americans. -
Nixon
Nixon extends Social Security benifits to the disabled and 65+. -
Carter
Carter proposes a National Insurance Bill that would eliminate the need for medicare and medicaid. It would be payed through the current payroll tax system. This idea died due to lack of support. -
Clinton
President Clinton proposes a bill that would provide health care coverage for all Americans. The bill was immediatly hit by extreme opposition by members of the Republican party and Health insurance companies. After considerable lobbying and propaganda, the bill was buried. -
Bush Jr.
Enacts the Medicaid Part D bill to provide prescription drug coverage with Medicare. The bill works with the use of private insurance companies. -
Obama
Begining of the on-going Health Care reform.
