Appendix A: U.S Health Care Timeline
Use the following timeline or create a timeline of your own with eight major events, including the four provided below, from the last 50 years. You may change the dates in the box to match the dates of your events. Include the following in your timeline:
Medicare and Medicaid
HIPAA of 1996
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Prospective Payment System (PPS)
1950
During this year, most American receives their health coverage through the private insurance market, usually through their jobs. Many people buy their own insurance in individual market. Private health coverage products pool the risk of high health care costs across a large number of people, permitting them (or employers on their behalf)
To pay a premium based on the average cost of medical care for the group of people.
This risk-spreading function helps make the cost of health care reasonably affordable for most people
1960
Medicare and Medicaid were previously known as Health Care Financing Administration
(HCFA). In 1965, the Social Security Act establishing both Medicare and Medicaid. The Social Security Administration (SSA) became responsible for the administration of Medicare and Social and Rehabilitation Service become responsible for the
Administration of Medicaid.
1970
There are three types of Organizations (HMO), Provider Organization and Point-of-Services Plans. HMO’s is ma popular and was used by many employers and health care providers. President Nixon job insurance in this time. The Health Maintenance signed off on the HMO Act in 1973. After the Act was signed into law, the health care insurance organization plans faced opposition from professional organizations like the American Medical Associations. Nearly 30 years after the HMO Act was signed into law, |HMO outnumbered private health care insurance plans and enrolled more than 80 million members.
1980
Prospective Payment System (PPS) first
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