Health Care Reform timeline
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Begins Trying to Reform Public Health
On November 14, 1934, taking note of the problem of “economic loss due to sickness,” which he characterized as “a very serious problem for many... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine
Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine is a 1961 LP recorded by Ronald Reagan. In this 11-minute recording, Reagan "criticized Social... Read more
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President Lyndon B. Johnson Signs The Social Security Act of 1965 into Law, Creating Medicare
While President Lyndon B. Johnson was responsible for signing the bill, there were many others involved in drafting the final bill that was... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Signs the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) Into Law
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, or COBRA, is a law passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Reagan that,... Read more
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Bill Clinton's Universal Health Care Initiative fails in Congress
One of the most prominent items on Clinton's legislative agenda was the result of a taskforce headed by Hillary Clinton, which was a health care... Read more
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Major Health Care Bill, Sponsored by Edward Kennedy and Nancy Kassebaum, is Signed into Law
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act shows what happens as Sen. Kassebaum said and Sen. Kennedy said when we work together, when... Read more
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President Barack Obama's Address to the Joint Session of Congress
SPEECH - PART 1 Madame Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, and the First Lady of the United States: I’ve come here tonight not... Read more
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President Obama speaks to doctors at AMA Annual Meeting
In a speech before the American Medical Association today, President Obama pushed his health-reform agenda, defending his push for a public... Read more
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Pharmaceutical Industry Agrees to Spend $80 Billion (US) Improving Drug Benefits for Seniors on Medicare
The pharmaceutical industry agreed Saturday to spend $80 billion over the next decade improving drug benefits for seniors on Medicare and defraying... Read more
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President Obama Holds Town Hall Meeting in Ohio to Discuss Health Care Reform
Mr. Obama plans a primetime news conference on health care Wednesday night, and Thursday he will take Air Force One to Cleveland. He’ll take a... Read more
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Representative Lloyd Doggett Mobbed by Anti-Health Care Reform Protesters in Austin
In Austin on Saturday, a throng of protesters enveloped Representative Lloyd Doggett, Democrat of Texas, at a supermarket where he was trying to... Read more
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Senator Arlen Spector and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are Heckled at Health Care Reform Event
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. Arlen Specter got a preview Sunday of the tough sell lawmakers will face over health... Read more
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Poster of Obama as Heath Ledger's Joker Are Spotted Around Los Angeles Area
President Obama's been called a lot of things -- but this is probably the first time any campaign has tried to peg him as flat-out creepy. A... Read more
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AARP Townhall Meeting to Discuss Health Care Reform is Derailed by Protesters
Another video making the rounds is of a town hall in Dallas organized by the AARP, a non-partisan special interest group. The video cuts between... Read more
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Representative John Dingell Addresses Concerns Over Health Care Reform at Town Hall Meeting
Here's one town hall where the member of Congress is likely to give as much as he gets. Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), the longest serving member... Read more
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Fight Breaks Out at Town Hall Meeting in St. Louis to Discuss Health Care
At town hall meetings in Tampa, Detroit, and St. Louis yesterday -- chaos. A forum on aging sponsored by Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-Mo., resulted in... Read more
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Sarah Palin Writes "Death Panels" Comment on Facebook
When we last heard from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin she was -- not without some justification -- beseeching some members of the media to "quit... Read more
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Senator Arlen Spector Presides Over Unruly Town Hall Meeting
More than 1,000 people showed up here Tuesday morning in this largely Republican town in central Pennsylvania for a town-hall-style meeting with... Read more
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President Obama Holds Town Hall Meeting in New Hampshire to Discuss Health Care Reform
They lined up on both sides of the road to Portsmouth High School -- several hundred opponents, fairly evenly divided, for and against health care... Read more
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Representative Susan Davis Holds Town Hall in San Diego to Discuss Health Care Reform
Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday night at a town-hall meeting on health care reform that was attended by Democratic Congresswoman Susan... Read more
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Florida Police Question Teenager about "Obama Joker" Poster
Police in Florida have questioned a teenager who admitted to hanging dozens of posters depicting President Obama as the Joker, and suggested that... Read more
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President Obama Holds Town Hall Meeting in Montana to Discuss Health Care Reform
President Barack Obama brought his town hall tour to Montana on Friday, talking about health care reform in a state where residents pride... Read more
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President Obama Holds Town Hall Meeting in Colorado to Discuss Health Care Reform
President Obama aimed to lower the temperature of the health-reform debate in Colorado by appearing in person Saturday in Grand Junction and... Read more
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President Obama Suggests that Public Option Could be Dropped from Health Care Reform
The White House, facing increasing skepticism over President Obama’s call for a public insurance plan to compete with the private sector, signaled... Read more
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Numerous Heavily-Armed Protesters Attend Obama Speech at Veterans of Foreign Wars Event
About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where... Read more