My distinguished canvas by Tamsyn Seabrooks Shepard https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61 Made with serendipity en-us 2018-06-10 15:35:44 UTC 2018-06-10 17:19:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png Demand for HMOs rises 1992 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477444 Enrollment in HMOs reaches 39 million (18% of those insured), up from 2 million in 1970.]]> 2018-06-10 15:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477444 4th attempt at national health reform (see 1944): national insurance / Opposed by Doctors 1945 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477450 President Truman becomes first president to publicly support national health insurance through support of Murray-Wagner- Dingell bill for compulsory health insurance funded by payroll deductions.]]> 2018-06-10 15:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477450 Medicare privatization expands2007 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477699 Congressional Budget Office estimates that Medicare could save $40 billion over next 10 years if subsidies to Medicare Advantage insurers for doctor and hospital reimbursements were limited to levels of the rest of the program (or save $54 billion in 5 years if eliminated altogether). About 1/5 of elderly Medicare enrollees are in private plans – 8.3 million across 604 contracts (see 2003).]]> 2018-06-10 15:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477699 Population Statistic2011 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477735 First baby boomers reach 65 years of age.]]> 2018-06-10 15:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477735 Medical science advances 1955 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477778 Jonas Salk develops polio vaccine.]]> 2018-06-10 15:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477778 AIDS enters the picture. 1982 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477867 The Centers for Disease Control officially defines an increasingly common collection of symptoms and syndromes as AIDS.]]> 2018-06-10 15:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477867 Insurance market expands 1957 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477894 Vision care benefits are introduced.]]> 2018-06-10 15:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477894 Health Care spending eats into manufacturing profits2004 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477948 GM cost for employee health benefits is about $5 billion/year, $1400 per vehicle manufactured (profit per vehicle is $178); Chrysler and Ford lose money on every car produced.]]> 2018-06-10 15:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477948 American public rejects state health reform1994 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477977 A single-payer ballot initiative in California is defeated.]]> 2018-06-10 15:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477977 Medical science advances 1910-1919 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477996 World War I leads to groundbreaking treatments for control of contagious disease.]]> 2018-06-10 15:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266477996 Health care spending2002 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478023 National healthcare spending is $5,267 per person, $1,821 more than Switzerland, the next runner-up.]]> 2018-06-10 15:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478023 Health care spending rises, demand for workmen’s compensation rises 1919 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478071 Illinois study reports that citizens lose four times more wages due to sickness than the amount they spend treating the illness; people purchase “sickness” insurance to replace their wages rather than health insurance to cover costs of medical treatment.]]> 2018-06-10 15:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478071 Medical standards rise1920-1929 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478114 Medicine is seen as science, demand for medical care grows, hospitals become accepted as treatment centers, inadequate medical schools close, the number of trained physicians decreases, fees and overall costs rise.]]> 2018-06-10 15:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478114 American public wants more health protection, income security 1930-1939 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478152 The Depression leads to public interest in unemployment insurance and senior benefits.]]> 2018-06-10 15:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478152 Medical science advances 1979 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478223 The World Health Organization eradicates smallpox.]]> 2018-06-10 15:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478223 Medicare/Medicaid change doctors’ role in health care delivery1966 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478262 Doctors earnings rise 11% under Medicare, while many refuse to participate in Medicaid. Doctors are unimpressed with AMA’s fumbling of legislation; membership drops. Medicare covers 19.1 million (9.7% of population), Medicaid covers 10 million(5%).]]> 2018-06-10 15:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478262 Congress first approves Health Savings Accounts 1978 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478286 Medical Investment Retirement Accounts appear at banks, President Carter signs Congress’ Revenue Act establishing flexible benefit plans, giving employees
choice in health plans: allows employees to set aside pre-tax income to pay for medical expenses in Flexible Spending Accounts.

]]> 2018-06-10 15:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478286 Employer insurance expands 1968 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478327 Employer-provided group life and health insurance plans cover more than 2/3 of the labor force.]]> 2018-06-10 15:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266478327 Government makes employee health benefits tax-exempt1943 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266479648 Congress makes employer-provided health benefits tax exempt for employees; very limited in scope and applicability.]]> 2018-06-10 16:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266479648 Population statistic2006 10020679 https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266484097 Nearly 4.3 million births in the U.S. are reported, the largest number recorded since 1961.]]> 2018-06-10 17:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/10020679/udq1mvik1i61/wish/266484097