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Medicare
Medicare is a national healthcare program for people who are 65 or older, certain young people with disabilities, and people with end stage Renal disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD). This programed was put into effect in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson -
Clinton Health care plan
The Clinton Health Care plan was a health care plan made in 1993 by Bill Clinton and the head of the taskforce devising the plan (first lady Hillary Clinton) that would mandate employers to give all their employees health coverage. The public thoroughly disagreed with the plan as well as some democrats, who instead, came up with competing plans of their own -
Bushcare
"The Bush 2007 plan achieves these goals. The basic structure is to offer all Americans a standard tax deduction, in 2007 set at $15,000 for families and $7,500 for individuals. The deduction would apply to payroll tax — both employee and employer contribution — as well as to income tax. Importantly, the size of the deduction would be independent of the amount spent on the plan."Lazear, Edward, et al. “Bushcare.”( POLITICO Magazine, 18 Feb. 2014, www.politico.com) -
Obama Care
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care act, commonly known as Obama Care, is a healthcare plan that mandates that anyone who doesn't get health insurance through their job has to purchase healthcare or pay a penalty. The act also puts limits on what employers can and can't to with respect to eligibility and coverage. the act was signed into play by President Obama in 2010. -
Trumpcare
Trumpcare is a term referring to republicans attempt in repealing and sometimes trying to replace Obamacare.
