Business Insider Magazine - Los Angeles South Bay » benefits http://www.businessinsider.us/BusinessInsider Business Insider Magazine is Your Business Publication for the Los Angeles South Bay Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:58:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Health care issues: Other presidents have tried http://www.businessinsider.us/BusinessInsider/2009/11/health-care-issues-other-presidents-have-tried/ http://www.businessinsider.us/BusinessInsider/2009/11/health-care-issues-other-presidents-have-tried/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:08:44 +0000 Editor and Publisher http://www.businessinsider.us/BusinessInsider/?p=424 A look at key issues in the health care debate:

(The Associated Press)

THE ISSUE: Which former presidents have attempted comprehensive health care reform and why hasn’t anyone succeeded?

THE POLITICS: Many have tried. Only Lyndon Johnson achieved transcendent reform, with passage of Medicare and Medicaid protecting the elderly and poor, but universal coverage has been an elusive goal for over a century. Franklin Roosevelt promoted national health insurance but gave priority to jobs and retirement security during the Depression. Harry Truman fought for a single insurance system to cover everyone but ran into Republican opposition and the cries of “socialized medicine” heard ... Continue Reading

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