http://www.freep.com/article/20100328/FEATURES08/3280455/1322/Health-care-changes-coming-in-10
A health care time line 1854: President Franklin Pierce vetoes a national mental health bill saying personal health isn't a government matter. 1912: Former President Theodore Roosevelt, as the Progressive Party candidate, calls for national health care. 1935: Social Security becomes law, but President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan for national health insurance is left out because of opposition from organized medicine. 1943: U.S. Rep. John Dingell and two other House members author a bill that would add national health insurance to the Social Security Act. It never comes to a vote. Dingell's son, U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., now the dean of the House, has continually introduced health care measures. 1945: President Harry Truman recommends a national health insurance program. It goes nowhere. 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law Medicare and Medicaid. 1971: Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., offers his national health insurance plan. So does President Richard Nixon. Both measures fail. 1993: President Bill Clinton proposes reworking of the health care system with universal coverage. His spouse, Hillary Clinton, leads the charge. But fellow Democrats in control of Congress aren't persuaded. It fails. 2003: President George W. Bush signs a law adding prescription drugs to Medicare. March 21: On a 219-212 vote, House passes legislation aimed at extending insurance to 32 million people and achieving nearly universal coverage. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
