- 1980: Sandinista government implements social programs for health care among other programs
- 1991: United Nicaraguan Opposition (UNO) coalition severely cuts government spending on Sandinista-led social programs including healthcare
- 1996: Free health care in place by Daniel Ortega
Source: Stanford.edu (http://www.stanford.edu/group/arts/nicaragua/discovery_eng/timeline/), NPR (http://www.npr.org/2011/11/06/142079824/in-nicaragua-ortega-poised-for-re-election)
Development of Healthcare in the US
- 1929: Model for Modern Insurance
- Baylor Hospital in Dallas began a prepaid program as the first example of health insurance
- 1965: Introduction of Medicare and Medicaid by President Lyndon Johnson
- Medicare: Covers hospital and general medical insurance for senior citizens paid for by a Federal employment tax
- Medicaid: Partially funded program by the Federal government for the poor
- 1997: Introduction of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
- Established by the federal government to provide health insurance to children in families at or below 200% the federal poverty line
- 2010: Introduction of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by President Barack Obama
- Reforms made to mandate health insurance and eliminate certain practices of insurance companies
- Major goal is to enable the poor to buy insurance
Source: New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/19/us/politics/20090717_HEALTH_TIMELINE.html)
