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Okay, so the history of, well, failed attempts to enact national health insurance in the united states is really going to date back over a century and has been influenced by various political, economic, and social factors.
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So in the early 20th century, we saw progressive era efforts.
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This was like from 1912 to about 1920.
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So during the early 20th century, the progressive movement gained momentum advocating for various, in various areas, including health care.
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And in 1912, theodore roosevelt's progressive party included health insurance as part of its platform, but he lost the election.
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And then in 1916, woodrow wilson made a similar proposal, but it was not implemented due to opposition from business interests.
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We then had the new deal era.
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The new deal era was in the 1930s.
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And then we had harry truman's proposal.
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This was in 1945.
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And then it was after world war ii, president harry truman proposed a national health insurance plan in 1945.
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And the plan faced strong opposition from the maa and conservative groups who labeled it as socialist and feared it would undermine the private health care system.
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So truman's proposal never gained enough support in congress to become law.
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And then jumping ahead to 1965, we had medicare and medicaid.
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So in 1965, during lyndon b.
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Johnson's presidency, congress successfully passed two significant health care programs...