Medical Care Development history

In 1971, Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy proposed a single-payer plan (a modern version of a universal, or compulsory system) that would be funded through taxes.

By the time this last agency was created in 1977, the Center, according to White, had fallen "on hard times."

By 1980, NHE accounted for 8.9 percent of GDP, an even larger leap than the decade prior.

By the time the study ended in 1982, Newhouse and his associates had acquired a plethora of data.

By 1990, NHE accounted for 12.1 percent of GDP — the largest increase thus far in the history of healthcare.

After a period of debate toward the end of 1993, Congress left for winter recess with no conclusions or decisions, leading to the bill’s quiet death.

In 1996, Clinton signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which established privacy standards for individuals.

By the year 2000, NHE accounted for 13.3 percent of GDP — just a 1.2 percent increase over the past decade.

Nevertheless, 8 million people signed up for insurance through the ACA Marketplace during the first open enrollment season, with enrollment peaking in 2016 at 12.2 million (with 10 million of those receiving subsidies to help pay for insurance).

Since Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017, many have questioned what would happen with our healthcare system — specifically, what would happen to the ACA, since Donald Trump ran on a platform of “repealing and replacing” the bill.

In January of 2018, the Trump administration allowed states to add work requirements to Medicaid, requiring beneficiaries to prove that they either work or go to school.