TIMELINE ASSIGNMENTYou can use power point or word (Cite your work at the end)Provide an overview of the US Health Care system with a time line of policies that were enacted (be sure to include at...

OVERVIEW OF THE US HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
US HEALTH CARE SYSTEM :
The healthcare system of the United States is considered to be one of the unique system among the Western countries. It has the government programs which covers only particular vulnerable groups and has the universal national insurance scheme which favors the private, employer- based system (Ballotpedia, 2020). Following is the time line of the policies that were enacted by the US Health Care System.
· Economic Bill Rights of 1944
· Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH) of 1951 (Timeline: History of Health Reform in the U.S., 2011)
· Military ‘Medicare’ program of 1956 (Timeline: History of the U.S. Health care system, 2013)
· Kerr- Mills Act of 1960
· Medicare into law providing comprehensive health coverage of 1960
· Social Security Amendments of 1972
· Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973
· Enactment of Health Planning Resources Development Act of 1974
· Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Timeline: History of Health Reform in the U.S., 2011)
· Health Security Act of 1993 (Timeline: History of the U.S. Health care system, 2013)
· Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
· Balanced Budget Act of 1997
· Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003
· Mental Health Parity Act of 2008
· The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) of 2009
· Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Timeline: History of Health Reform in the U.S., 2011)
1. HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION ACT OF 1973:
The Health Maintenance Organization Act was signed by President Richard Nixon on 29 December, 1973. This law was designed specially to promote a specific health...