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The Biologics Control Act
The Biologics Control Act makes federal government responsible for mongering manufacture -
The MHS has a larger role in Health Agencies
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Pure Food and Drug Act is made
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Conference
Theodore Roosevelt holds a white hose conference on Dependent Children -
Campaign
Theodore Roosevelt campaigns for "the protection of home life..." -
New Act
The Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Hygiene act is passed -
The Bureau of Indian Health Affairs is created
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FDA is created
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Budget
One third of the Federal Budget is spent on promoting public health -
Social Security Act is passed
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Upholding
Supreme court upholds constitutionality of the Social Security Act -
The FDA now requires Manufacturers
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FSA now takes care of Governmental Health
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FDA is now part of the FSA
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New Office
The Public Health Service Act creates the Office of Surgeon General -
New Grant
The National Mental Health Act now has grants for mental health training and research -
PHS is now funded to build hospitals
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Level Up
President Dwight, makes the FSA a cabin-level department -
New Act II
President Dwight signs into law the Kerr-Mills Act -
Authorization
The Migrant Health Act now authorizes funding to clinics for Agricultural workers -
Clean Air Grant
The Clean Air Act authorizes the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to give grants to local air pollution agencies. -
Something Destroyed
The enactment of Medicare destroys a large existing market for retiree health insurance -
Older Americans Grant
The Older Americans Act authorizes grants to the states to fund various social services for the elderly -
Speech!
President Johnson gives a motivational speech to people who's lives are effected by medicare -
The Social Security Act is amended to create Medicare
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Sprawling Begins
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is now a sprawling organization -
Price Up
he cost of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program increases rapidly -
New Discovery
The House Ways and Means Committee discovers that spending actually soared to $110 billion -
Merged
The Office of Child Development is created by the merging of the Children's Bureau and Head Start -
Prevention Grants
The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act creates grants for research, education, and treatment of illicit drug use -
A National Health Service Corp is created
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Prevention Grant Mk.II
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act authorizes grants to the states -
New Control
The Health Care Financing Administration takes over control of Medicare -
Money Down
the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's budget is lost to embezzlement -
Split
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is split into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services -
Idea proposal
President Ronald Reagan proposes turning Medicaid into a block grant program -
Subsidy Added
Congress adds a special hospitals subsidy to Medicaid to aid facilities that serve large numbers of uninsured patients -
New Benefits
Congress adds a new Medicare benefit for home care -
New Prodject
The Human Genome Project is established under the leadership of the National Institutes of Health -
Clinton's plan draft
Hillary Clinton drafts a plan for a vast and complex expansion of federal health care -
Republicans propose major reforms to Medicaid
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Split, Part II
The Social Security Administration is split off from the Department of Health and Human Services -
Congress Reform
Congress enacts major welfare reform -
Congress creates Medicare Part C
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CHIP is created
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Threats
The Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness is created to meet bioterrorism threats -
Threats
The Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness is created to meet bioterrorism threats -
Block Grant
The Bush administration proposes to allow states to receive Medicaid funding in the form of a block grant -
New Medicare Benefit
Congress passes the huge Medicare Part D drug benefit -
Double in Cost
The Congressional Budget Office projects that Medicaid is expected to double in cost -
Treasury's report
The Department of Treasury reports that the present value of Medicare's unfunded obligations is $36 trillion over the next 75 years -
Government's Estimation
The Government Accountability Office estimates that Medicare pays about $17 billion of fraudulent and improper payments each year -
New Act Again
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is created -
Another New Discovery
An authoritative federal study on Head Start finds that the program provides few if any lasting benefits to participating children -
Another new law signed
President Barack Obama signs into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act