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COBRA
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, passed by Congress in 1985 and signed into law in 1986, required employers to offer partially subsidized health insurance to employees who lost their jobs. -
Nutrition Labeling and Education Act
In a major breakthrough for dietary health, this law required nutrition information on all packaged foods and regulated the use of health claims on labels. This will further impact the future of lowering obesity rates in America (we have the highest obesity rates as a nation in the world.) -
EHR
President George W. Bush announced in his State of the Union called for universal, portable electronic health records for the country. This will implement a new system in technology for storing patient records, which will be useful for patients and providers in the future. -
Affordable Care Act
President Obama passed the Affordable Care Act. This program offers to include over 20 million more Americans to have healthcare coverage. It also implemented change in constraining healthcare costs and improving quality. -
Major Retailers
Walgreens teams up with MDlive to offer telehealth for their customers. Retailers have the e-commerce and mobile commerce systems, business expertise and an ability to adapt to constantly changing online customer behavior.
