US Healthcare Reform Timeline
USHealthcare Reform Timeline
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USHealthcare Reform Timeline
ReformTimeline
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Year |
Reform |
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1912 |
President Roosevelt calls for the development of a national health insurance. |
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1929 |
Baylor Hospital in Texas creates the first ever group health insurance. |
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1935 |
In the wake of the Great Depression President Roosevelt develops the national health insurance though it is preceded by Social Security |
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1942 |
Health insurance becomes a perk in the workplaces. |
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1945 |
President Truman requests the Congress to create a national insurance policy, which will only be available to people paying voluntary fees. |
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1965 |
President Lyndon Johnson creates Medicare (for the elderly) and Medicaid (for the poor). |
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1974 |
President Nixon requires employers to cover their employees but the plan is failed by the Watergate scandal. |
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1976 |
President Carter champions for a compulsory national health plan but it is brought down by recession. |
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1986 |
Ronald Reagan assents to COBRA this allowed employees to enjoy their companies’ health plan for 18 months after being sacked or retiring. |
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1988 |
Medicare is expanded by the Congress. The expansion allows for beneficiaries to get additional prescription drugs and cover for catastrophes. |
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1993 |
A 1300-page plan created by Hillary Clinton requiring universal cover is rejected in the Senate. |
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1997 |
President Clinton assents to a law offering state-federal covering plan that covers children who cannot fit in Medicaid. |
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2003 |
Medicare is expanded by President Bush though an additional prescription drug for the elderly. |
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2008 |
Hillary Clinton has a comprehensive care plan which she uses prior to nominations but it is not implemented since she is toppled y Obama. |
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2009 |
The Congress and President Obama iron out laws regarding the covering of workers, compelling coverage for anybody, mandating insurance companies to accept anybody, and assistance for citizens who lack insurance purchasing power. |
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2010 |
The Affordable Care Act or Obamacare is drafted and enacted. Extension of health insurance to more than 30 million people is realized. |
Summary
Thefuture of healthcare is dependent on the reforms that have beenenacted over the years. Though the reforms in the health care systemshave taken long to be implemented, the medicals sector has improvedsignificantly. Irrespective of the milestones made in improvinghealth, the sector still remains one of the most complicated andtalked about in the US. The change of leadership between theDemocrats and Republicans should be blamed for the lack of stabilityin this sector. The Obama government, though, has been able toclearly formulate what the position of the government is in thehealth care systems (Wishau, 2012). This has brought to an end astaggering debate on the role of government in the development andmanipulation of healthcare reforms. With that issue having beensorted out, the future of healthcare reforms seems to be stabilizingif at all only the needed amendments are introduced in the AffordableCare Act of 2010.
Itis imperative to note that people understand the complexity of thehealth care systems and their interpretations. In the wake ofimplementing the Obamacare, healthcare plans have become verycomplicated. With the fact that most people are not aware of thenature of their healthcare plans, the status of health care systemsare deemed to remain complicated until the Affordable Care Act isfully implemented. However, the people’s understanding and payingattention to healthcare plans is crucial in ensuring that only thebest policies regarding health are passed (Mestan,2017). This is an indication that the future of health care systemslooks bright.
References
Mestan,S. (2017). Thefuture of health care in Iowa.IowaCity Press-Citizen.Retrieved 8 April 2017, fromhttp://www.press-citizen.com/story/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2017/04/07/future-health-care-iowa/99996750/
Wishau,B. (2012). Timeline:US health care reform efforts through history.JournalTimes.Retrieved 8 April 2017, fromhttp://journaltimes.com/news/timeline-us-health-care-reform-efforts-through-history/article_859d168c-c131-11e1-b40b-0019bb2963f4.html
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