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1912

1942

1930s

Great Depression causes greater healthcare needs, BCBS expands thanks to AMA
Teddy Roosevelt endorses social insurance, including national health insurance
Worker shortage due to WW2. Roosevelt freezes wages.
Franklin Roosevelt creates Comittee on Economic Reform to address healthcare needs No national reform occured

1929

1935

BCBS becomes nation's first prepaid insurance plan

Wagner-Murray-Dingell bill introduced to offer universal health insurance Employer based health insurance becomes tax exempt

Wagner-Murray-Dingell bill & Taft-Smith-Ball bill re-introduced Neither passed.

1947

1943

1950s

Health insurance industry grows
Hill-Burton act passed to fund hospital construction & prohibit some forms of discrimination

1946

1948

AMA lobbies against national health insurance
Whitehouse Conference on Aging held to address health insurance for elderly Opposed by AMA and insurance companies
Rep. Stockman introduces bill to reform healthcare Did not pass

1961

1996

1980

HIPAA passed

1965

1986

Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act passed
Medicare & Medicaid passed
Vermont and Massachusetts provides nearly all residents with health care. San Francisco also provides universal healthcare to city residents.

The future

2006

2010

???
Affordable Care Act passed
2 bills proposed to eliminate employer-sponsored health insurance. Neither passed.

2007

2025

Attacks on the healthcare system continue under the Trump administration