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Health care reform was a major concern of the Bill Clinton administration headed up by First Lady Hillary Clinton. The 1993 Clinton health care plan included mandatory enrollment in a health insurance plan, subsidies to guarantee affordability across all income ranges, and the establishment of health alliances in each state. Every citizen or ...
Despite the political damage done by Carter’s twin defeats on health care, he achieved two major things. First, he recognized the burgeoning cost control problems in the American health care system.
The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) was legislation signed by American President Jimmy Carter which provided grants to community mental health centers. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, who had made major efforts during his governorship to reduce funding and enlistment for California mental institutions, pushed a political effort through the Democratically controlled House of ...
During his presidential campaign, Carter embraced healthcare reform akin to the Ted Kennedy-sponsored bipartisan universal national health insurance. [212] Carter's proposals on healthcare while in office included an April 1977 mandatory health care cost proposal, [213] and a June 1979 proposal that provided private health insurance coverage. [214]
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter sat in on husband Jimmy Carter's Cabinet meetings and advocated for mental health legislation. She has died at 96.
Although he served only one 4-year term, Carter had to deal with issues that continued to challenge many of his successors, including inflation, climate, energy production, health care and Middle ...
In June 1979, Carter proposed more limited health insurance reform—an employer mandate to provide private catastrophic health insurance. The plan would also extend Medicaid to the very poor without dependent minor children, and would add catastrophic coverage to Medicare. [98] Kennedy rejected the plan as insufficient. [99]
Jimmy Carter redefined what a post-presidency could be after he lost re-election in 1980. From the Carolina low-country to the Ethiopian highlands, Carter’s humanitarian work eventually eclipsed ...