Excerpt
For more than a century, U.S. Presidents tried and failed to enact some form of universal health care.
In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt championed national health insurance during his attempt to regain the presidency as a Progressive Party candidate. President Franklin Roosevelt initially planned to include universal health insurance in the Social Security Act, but removed it under pressure from the American Medical Association. In the early 1970s, President Richard Nixon proposed requiring employers to cover their workers, with Federal subsidies to help everyone else buy private insurance, but the Watergate scandal…
In This Issue
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Foreword
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Health Care Reform Chronology
Milestones Leading up to the Enactment of Obamacare
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Brief Summary of the Affordable Care Act
Goals of Obamacare
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Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Effective Dates of Obamacare Provisions
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Impact of Obamacare on Coverage
Reduction in the Number of Uninsured
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Obamacare Repeal and the Federal Budget
Congressional Budget Office Analysis
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Legislative Background on the Affordable Care Act
Recent Action by Congress on Repealing Obamacare
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Flint Water Crisis
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Cancer ”Moonshot”
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Privatizing Air Traffic Control
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Self-Driving Cars
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Pro & Con
Should Congress Repeal the Affordable Care Act?
