PBS- Healthcare Crisis: Healthcare Timeline: "The Depression changes priorities, with greater emphasis on unemployment insurance and 'old age' benefits.
1930s
Social Security Act is passed, omitting health insurance.
Push for health insurance within the Roosevelt Administration, but politics begins to be influenced by internal government conflicts over priorities.
Against the advice of insurance professionals, Blue Cross begins offering private coverage for hospital care in dozens of states."
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