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law that provided general welfare through a system of Federal old age benefits, and enabled the states to provide additional benefits for people with specific conditions or situations.
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Medicare program established to pay for hospitals care, limited skilled nursing, home health care, and physician care. Medicaid program established to assist states in covering long term health care of the poor, and provide health insurance coverage for certain classes of the poor and disabled
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ensures that all individuals have access to emergency medical treatment and services regardless of ability to pay
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an overall health care reform including universal coverage, basic benefit package, health insurance reform, regional alliances for structuring competition among health insurance plans, consumer choice of Health plans, and provisions for Medicaid beneficiaries.
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President Bush begins Health Center Growth Initiative to significantly increase the number of community health centers
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law that provided all individuals receive prescription drug coverage under Medicare
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passed and enacted legislation to provide health care coverage to all state residents
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President Obama signs into law the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act stating that all American citizens have health insurance coverage starting in 2014