How the U.S. Has Dealt With Health Care Through the Years

With the Supreme Court holding the future of the health care reform debate in their hands, both opponents and supporters have been contesting the issue ever since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act two years ago.

The history of how the country should provide health care for its citizens is a long, varied and fascinating one.

From Theodore Roosevelt’s plan for a federal health care plan to the creation of medicaid and medicare, it’s had a rocky and contentious path.

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photo 1: Theodore Roosevelt, Corbis.

photo 2: A hospital during World War 1, Corbis

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    We could use someone as bold as Teddy in office, for absolute sure.
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    That is one fierce picture of Teddy up there.
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    For whatever reason, when i read that it was an article about healthcare then saw Teddy, i laughed.
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    Theo, wasn’t he a Republican????
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