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#Healthcare

Events indexed under #Healthcare — 115 entries in the record.

115 events From Nov 19, 1945 To Feb 13, 2026 Open in filter view →

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Date	Event	Lanes	Status
2004-09-30	Merck Withdraws Vioxx After Concealing Heart Attack Risk, FDA Failure Causes Estimated 28,000-55,000 Deaths 3 src Merck · Food and Drug Administration		confirmed
2003-11-25	Bush Administration Hides 39B Medicare Part D Cost from Congress 3 src George W. Bush · U.S. Congress		confirmed
2003-11-25	Medicare Part D Passes After Pharmaceutical Industry Writes Price Negotiation Ban 3 src Billy Tauzin · House Energy and Commerce Committee · PhRMA		confirmed
2003-06-26	HCA Healthcare Pays $1.7 Billion in Largest Medicare Fraud Settlement in U.S. History 3 src Rick Scott · Department of Justice		confirmed
2002-01-01	Insulin Prices Begin Tripling 2002-2013 as Three Manufacturers Control 99% of Market - From $231 to $762 Annually 4 src Eli Lilly · Novo Nordisk · Sanofi · Big Pharma		confirmed
2001-06-29	Patients Bill of Rights Dies After HMO Industry Spends $60 Million Lobbying Against Managed Care Accountability 3 src George W. Bush · Health Insurance Association of America · John McCain · Edward Kennedy		confirmed
1997-11-21	FDA Modernization Act Accelerates Drug Approvals and Expands Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Under Pharma Pressure 3 src Bill Clinton · PhRMA · Food and Drug Administration		confirmed
1996-08-21	HIPAA Passes with Limited Portability Protections While Granting Healthcare Industry Control Over Patient Data 3 src Bill Clinton · Edward Kennedy · Health Insurance Association of America · American Hospital Association		confirmed
1994-09-26	Clinton Healthcare Reform Dies After Insurance Industry Lobbying Campaign 4 src Bill Clinton · Hillary Clinton · Health insurance industry · Health Insurance Association of America · +1		confirmed
1986-04-07	EMTALA Passes as Unfunded Mandate, Enabling Insurance Industry to Shift Emergency Care Costs to Hospitals 3 src Ronald Reagan · American Hospital Association · Health Insurance Association of America		confirmed
1984-09-24	Hatch-Waxman Act Grants Pharma Patent Extensions While Creating Loopholes to Block Generics 3 src Orrin Hatch · Henry Waxman · Ronald Reagan · PhRMA		confirmed
1983-04-20	Medicare Adopts DRG Prospective Payment System Creating Hospital Profit Incentives for Reduced Care 3 src Ronald Reagan · American Hospital Association		confirmed
1965-07-30	Medicare and Medicaid Signed Into Law After Defeating Decades of AMA Opposition and Reagan Propaganda Campaign 4 src Lyndon B. Johnson · Harry S. Truman · American Medical Association · Ronald Reagan		confirmed
1962-02-13	King-Anderson Medicare Bill Defeated in Committee After Intense Corporate Lobbying 3 src John F. Kennedy · American Medical Association · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Senate Finance Committee		confirmed
1945-11-19	Truman Proposes National Health Insurance, AMA Mobilizes Unprecedented Opposition Campaign 3 src Harry S. Truman · American Medical Association · Robert Taft		confirmed

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