Universal Health Care Timeline

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Universal Health Care Timeline (In Progress)

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N CASE YOU MISSED IT:

A (semi)comprehensive chronological collection of links related to Universal Health Coverage.

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Disclaimer: Links may be paywalled. To my knowledge, URLs do not have a referral code, but that is not guaranteed. Unless noted, no referral codes have been intentionally injected by/for Deets On Politics.

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The California Single-Payer Debate, The Defeat of Proposition 186 - KFF July 30, 1995

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State Referendums Seeking to Overhaul Health Care System - The New York Times June 11, 2000

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One Nation, Uninsured | Opinion - The New York Times June 13, 2005

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What happens to health care quality when the patient pays? - NIH PubMed June 15, 2006

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A Health Care Plan So Simple, Even Stephen Colbert Couldn’t Simplify It - The New York Times February 15, 2007

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Adverse effects of spinal manipulation: a systematic review - Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine | NIH PubMed July 2007

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NHS 'now four different systems' - BBC News January 2, 2008

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'Huge contrasts' in devolved NHS - BBC News August 28, 2008

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HEALTHCARE FOR ALL BILL PASSES- GOVERNOR THREATENS VETO - EAST COUNTY MAGAZINE September 8, 2008

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What Makes Spain's Health Care System The Best? - NPR August 19, 2009

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New study finds 45,000 deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage - The Harvard Gazette September 17, 2009

Senators Reject Pair of Public Option Proposals – The New York Times September 29, 2009

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Vt. Senate approves single-payer plan - WCAX 3 April 26, 2011

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Schweitzer wants statewide universal health care program - Missoulian September 28, 2011

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In British Emergency Room, 'There's No Card To Show; There Are No Bills - NPR August 6, 2012

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Vt. first in line for single payer? - POLITICO September 17, 2012

Montana governor sees big savings with new state health clinic - Reuters September 29, 2012

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Schweitzer's final budget proposal boosts education, health care - Missoulian November 15, 2012

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Add a “Public Plan” to the Health Insurance Exchanges | Budget Options – Congressional Budget Office November 13, 2013

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America’s first single payer system - thebmj January 10, 2014

Single-Payer Is Not Dead - RealClear Politics January 14, 2014

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12 questions about single-payer health care - Vox June 26, 2014

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Where Do You Get the Most for Your Health Care Dollar? - Bloomberg September 18, 2014

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Billing and insurance-related administrative costs in United States’ health care: synthesis of micro-costing evidence - NIH PubMed November 13, 2014

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Five Facts About Chiropractic That Might Make You Reconsider Getting Your Back Cracked - RealClear Science July 29, 2015

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Singapore ranked world's healthiest country, UK fails to make top 20 - INDEPENDENT October 31, 2015

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Colorado Puts Single-Payer Healthcare On 2016 Ballot - Forbes November 9, 2015

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The 50th Anniversary Of Dr. King's Healthcare Quote | Contributor - Forbes March 25, 2016

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Colorado Weighs Replacing Obama’s Health Policy With Universal Coverage - The New York Times April 28, 2016

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Single payer healthcare: Pluses, minuses, and what it means for you - Harvard Health Publishing June 27, 2016

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Designing a Medicare Buy-In and a Public Plan Marketplace Option – Urban Institute September 2016

The Health Care ‘Public Option’ Is Back. Can It Help Obamacare? | The Upshot – The New York Times September 29, 2016

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Playboy model Katie May died from "neck manipulation by chiropractor," coroner says - CBS News October 20, 2016

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To Save Lives and Billions of Dollars, New York State Must Pass Universal Health Care - The Village Voice January 31, 2017

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“There will be deaths”: Atul Gawande on the GOP plan to replace Obamacare - Vox June 22, 2017

The Fight for Health Care Has Always Been About Civil Rights - The Atlantic June 27, 2017

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Single-payer health care failed miserably in Colorado last year. Here’s why. - Vox September 14, 2017

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The Best Health Care System in the World: Which One Would You Pick? | The Upshot – The New York Times September 18, 2017

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Democrats seize on cherry-picked claim that ‘Medicare-for-all’ would save $2 trillion – The Washington Post August 7, 2018

The Cost of ‘Medicare-for-All’ – FactCheck.Org August 10, 2018

Questions and Answers about Medicare for All’s Costs | E21 Commentary – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc August 21, 2018

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Universal healthcare was unthinkable in America, but not any more - The Guardian September 16, 2018

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Health Care As a Human Right - American Bar Association (ABA) November 19, 2018

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The Difference Between a ‘Public Option’ and ‘Medicare for All’? Let’s Define Our Terms | The Upshot – The New York Times February 19, 2019

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On the Doorstep With a Plea: Will You Support Medicare for All? - The New York Times June 15, 2019

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Single-Payer Health Care: A Tale of 3 States - Third Way July 17, 2019

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Medicare-for-All Is Not Medicare, and Not Really for All. So What Does It Actually Mean? – ProPublica September 6, 2019

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The Case for the Public Option Over Medicare for All – Harvard Business Review October 10, 2019

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Man 'broke neck during chiropractor treatment' in York - BBC News November 11, 2019

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Newsom names picks for single-payer health care commission - POLITICO December 18, 2019

Candidates’ talk of ‘Medicare for all’ makes some unions nervous. Here’s why - Los Angeles Times December 23, 2019

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Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA - THE LANCET February 15, 2020

Health insurers’ profits topped $35B last year. Medicare Advantage is the common thread – Fierce Healthcare February 23, 2020

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MEDICARE-X CHOICE ACT - Michael Bennet U.S. Senator for Colorado March 6, 2020

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Voters Prefer Biden Over Trump on Almost All Major Issues, Poll Shows – The New York Times October 20, 2020

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Will the Public Option Provide Universal Access to Affordable Health Insurance? – Georgetown Law November 3, 2020

4 Myths About the Public Option – The Center For American Progress November 20, 2020

How the Biden Administration Can Make a Public Option Work – Harvard Business Review November 25, 2020

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Asia Trounces U.S. in Health-Efficiency Index Amid Pandemic - Bloomberg Deecember 17, 2020

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Medicare For All Text - Pramila Jayapal Congresswoman For WA-07 March 17, 2021

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Designing a public option that would reduce health care provider prices - BROOKINGS May 5, 2021

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Medicare for More — Why We Still Need a Public Option and How to Get There - The New England Journal of Medicine September 16, 2021

Medicare Expansion Clashes With Health Care for the Poor as Budget Bill Shrinks – The New York Times September 20, 2021

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Anti-vaccine chiropractors rising force of misinformation - AP News October 8, 2021

Democrats’ winnowing health care ambitions – Vox October 21, 2021

Adopting a Single-Payer Health System - American Public Health Association (SPHA October 26, 2021

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Why single payer died in the California Legislature, again - CAL MATTERS February 1, 2022

Why California’s Cowardly Democrats Scurried Away From Single-Payer - The New Republic February 10, 2022

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Universal healthcare as pandemic preparedness: The lives and costs that could have been saved during the COVID-19 pandemic - NIH PubMed June 21, 2022

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Georgia College Graduate Paralyzed After Visit to the Chiropractor, Family Says - People July 13, 2022

A woman was paralyzed after a routine chiropractor visit left her with 4 torn arteries in neck, family says - INSIDER July 14, 2022

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My daughter went for a routine chiropractor appointment. Now she’s paralysed - INDEPENDENT September 27, 2022

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The First Chiropractor Claimed The Treatment Was Inspired By A Ghost - IFLSCIENCE February 3, 2023

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Is It Safe to Get Your Neck Manipulated by a Chiropractor? - The New York Times March 15, 2023

Social Security Disability Hearings: What You Need to Know - Atticus March 29, 2023

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92% of American adults say they prefer to date people who’ve been to therapy, survey shows - CNBC October 25, 2023

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Mark Zuckerberg personally rejected Meta’s proposals to improve teen mental health, court documents allege - CNN November 8, 2023

7.3 Months Without Alcohol Lets Brains Repair Damage From Heavy Drinking, Study Finds - sciencealert November 9, 2023

Disability claims are denied more for Black veterans, data shows - NBC 10 BOSTON November 9, 2023

WHO says we can 'write the final chapter in the story of TB.' How close are we? - NPR November 16, 2023

SSDI Benefits Eligibility: What are the requirements for food and energy benefits if you have SSDI? - MARCA November 16, 2023

'Concerning': Excessive Screen Time Linked to Lower Cognitive Function - sciencealert November 18, 2023

States rethink Medicaid enrollment efforts as millions lose coverage - AXIOS November 20, 2023

A new study says the global toll of lead exposure is even worse than we thought - NPR November 20, 2023

Why Primary Care Matters, and What We Can Do To Increase It - Forbes November 27, 2023

Medicaid ‘unwinding’ clogs call centers, blocking access to other safety-net programs - NBC News November 28, 2023

Uncle Sam wants you to help stop insurers' bogus Medicare Advantage sales tactics - NPR November 30, 2023

Missouri kids to be enrolled in Medicaid for 12 months starting next year - FOX2 St. Louis November 30, 2023

Some Republicans sound alarm after Trump revives focus on Obamacare - CNN November 30, 2023

EPA unveils plan to replace all lead water pipes within 10 years - AXIOS November 30, 2023

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Senators launch bipartisan probe of private equity's growing role in U.S. health care - NBC News December 6, 2023

The era of major U.S. health reform is over - AXIOS December 8, 2023

Medicare Recipients Blocked From Receiving Care - Newsweek December 11, 2023

Massive Study Finds a Link Between Commuting And Poor Mental Health - sciencealert December 11, 2023

The New Help for Medicare Beneficiaries with High Drug Costs That Few Seem to Know About - KFF December 12, 2023

Channelview's dangerous secret - INSIDER December 13, 2023

Lead contamination in applesauce pouches may have been intentional, FDA says - NBC News December 15, 2023

Kan. governor pushes new Medicaid expansion proposal with work requirement - 12 News December 18, 2023

Kansas faith leaders point to religious beliefs as motivation for Medicaid expansion - KANSAS REFLECTOR December 19, 2023

Social Security Raises Alarm Bells for Americans - Newsweek December 19, 2023

Medicare is about to add hundreds of thousands more mental health providers - AXIOS December 20, 2023

For the third year in a row, ACA health insurance plans see record signups - NPR December 20, 2023

US FDA warns about counterfeit versions of Novo's diabetes drug Ozempic - Reuters December 22, 2023

Patients at private-equity-owned hospitals get more infections and fall more often, says a new study by Harvard researchers - NBC News December 26, 2023

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Biden administration rescinds much of Trump ‘conscience’ rule for health workers - The Hill January 9, 2024

Why a growing number of American men say they are in a 'friendship recession' - PBS NewsHour January 17, 2024

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Kansas can’t expand Medicaid unless top Republicans support it. Here’s why they don’t - KPR NPR February 28, 2024

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Why the IRS doesn’t believe your doctor’s note for tax-free health items - The Washington Post March 6, 2024

State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs - AP News March 16, 2024

A push is underway for voters to make Florida the next state to expand Medicaid - NPR March 22, 2024

US Happiness Ranking Plummets as One Group Struggles Most - sciencealert March 21, 2024

Ozempic, Novo’s $1,000 Diabetes Shot, Can Be Made for Under $5 a Month - Bloomberg March 27, 2024

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Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe’s demise - AP News April 13, 2024

Colon Cancer Linked to Mouth Bacteria - SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN April 15, 2024

AI pinpoints where psychosis originates in the brain - LIVESCIENCE April 16, 2024

Taking Account of Rising Health Care Costs - The New York Times April 18, 2024

Thousands of People Removed From Social Security - Newsweek April 19, 2024

Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Often Go Untreated for Parents on Medicaid - The New York Times April 19, 2024

Why Are Cash Prices Lower Than Health Insurance Negotiated Prices? | Contributor - Forbes April 21, 2024

Oncologists' meetings with drug reps don't help cancer patients live longer - NPR April 22, 2024

Why haven't Kansas and Alabama — among other holdouts — expanded access to Medicaid? - NPR April 22, 2024

With homelessness on the rise, the Supreme Court weighs bans on sleeping outdoors - AP News April 22, 2024

Supreme Court appears skeptical of rulings that found public sleeping ban violated Constitution - POLITICO April 22, 2024

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Independence man strangles wife while in hospital bed: court docs - FOX 4 KC May 5, 2024

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Health care needs to diversify its workforce to get rid of racial inequalities, a new report says - AP News June 26, 2024

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FDA approves donanemab, Eli Lilly’s treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease - CNN July 2, 2024

New Drug Approved for Early Alzheimer’s - The New York Times July 2, 2024

FDA approves Eli Lilly's Alzheimer's drug Kisunla - NBC News July 2, 2024

FDA approves new Alzheimer's treatment, donanemab from Eli Lilly - CBS News July 3, 2024

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