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Medicare was passed in 1965

Medicaid provided health coverage for the poor

The civil rights movement in the 1960s led to more arguments for health care or equal treatment as a right

By the 1980s the problem was getting worse, but without solutions

By the early 2000s, the problems of the system were much more visible

2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

Four different ways of paying for health care