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The Wagner Bill asked for compulsory national health insurance and payroll tax. However, large opposition to the bill made it impossible to pass, it attempeted to pass 14 years in a row. http://www.pnhp.org/facts/a-brief-history-universal-health-care-efforts-in-the-us
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Harry S. Truman proposed a new national health care program. It suggested that the federal governemnt should play a role in the health care. Truman's informed of the lack of medical personnel, lack of quality hospitals in rural and lower-income counties, also how there wasn't a board of doctors and public officials. However, his bill did not passed and only was able to inform about the issues affecting the health care in America. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/3/399.full
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It was intended to help pay for a range of medical services which included hospital stays, physician visits, and prevenetive benefits. This provided health coverage for individuals age 65 and over. https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Research/HealthCareFinancingReview/downloads/00fallpg1.pdf
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It provided grants and loans to continue expanding the Health Maintance Organization ( HMO). It allowed HMO to contract with indepdent practice associations. a href='http://http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/29/11/2068.abstract' >http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/29/11/2068.abstract</a>
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Federally funded program that provided free vaccines to children who were not financially capable of paying for those vaccines.
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The 1996 Welfare Reform Act, which transformed the nation's welfare system into one that required a time limited benefit program along with a work requirement. http://www.blackpast.org/perspectives/welfare-we-knew-it-1996-personal-responsibility-and-work-opportunity-act
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The Children;s Health Insurance Program was created to provide health coverage to children in families with incomes too high to qualify for medicaid, but couldn't obtain private coverage.
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By 2001, Medicare and Medicaid made up 32% of all health care expenditures in the United States. It replaced the Health Care Financing Administration. http://www.nami.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Inform_Yourself/About_Public_Policy/Policy_Research_Institute/NAMI-Medicaid_Facts.pdf
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Added prescription drug coverage unde the Medicare Program. It allowed deduction to individuals for amoutns contributed to health savings security accounts and health savings account. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-108publ173/pdf/PLAW-108publ173.pdf
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The patient Protection and Affordable Care Act better known as Affordable Care Act focus on provision to expand coverage, control health care cost and improve health care delivery system.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001814/
