Although regulations relating to health insurance were identified and put forward by Congress as far back as the 1930s and 1940s, they were never ratified at that time. On the other hand, the 1965 Social Security Amendments Act brought about Medicare to take care of the needs of families earning little. In 1993, the United States’ president at that time, Bill Clinton, initiated the bill of universal cover, but this also died down.

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