PBS- Healthcare Crisis: Healthcare Timeline: "Penicillin comes into use.
1940s
Prepaid group healthcare begins, seen as radical.
During the 2nd World War, wage and price controls are placed on American employers. To compete for workers, companies begin to offer health benefits, giving rise to the employer-based system in place today.
President Roosevelt asks Congress for 'economic bill of rights,' including right to adequate medical care.
President Truman offers national health program plan, proposing a single system that would include all of American society.
Truman's plan is denounced by the American Medical Association (AMA) , and is called a Communist plot by a House subcommittee."
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