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From: Bryan-TheBS-Smith <b.j.smith@ieee.org>
>Example case: HMOs. HMOs were introduced by Ted Kennedy and have
>effectively turned the medical industry from a somewhat "facist"
>economic model to a completely "facist" one. This was purposely
>done to get people to demand socialized health care. Kennedy got us
>good on that one.
This is an interesting interpration on the historical precedence of HMOs.
Although Kennedy was an integral part of the creation of the HMO Act of
1973, the genie was already out of the bottle. It was President Nixon who
heralded the introduction of HMOs.
"In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon declared his desire for the HMO in a
speech to Congress: "the Health Maintenance Organization concept is such a
central feature of my National Health Strategy." The administration had
already authorized,without specific legislative authority, $26 million for
110 HMO projects. That same year, the U.S. Senate passed a $5.2 billion bill
permitting the establishment of HMOs "to improve the nation's health-care
delivery system by encouraging prepaid comprehensive health-care programs."
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