17 Feb
Posted by Admin as Insurance Tips
Americans have always felt passionately about health care, and almost every single attempt to change or modify its status quo has been met with resistance. With a system this dysfunctional, yet with so many people and groups having so much at stake, it’s small wonder.
The current political firestorm surrounding health care reform is, therefore, nothing new — as far back as the turn of the last century Americans have been at odds over how best to treat our collective health.
To put the debate over health care reform into sharper perspective, Go Insurance Rates has compiled a list of some of the most important — and of course, controversial — moments in the history of American health care.
The text version of the timeline is below the graphic, if you want to read it with links.
In 1912 Teddy Roosevelt ran for president as the Progressive Party candidate.