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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments on July 30, 1965, establishing both Medicare and Medicaid. [5] Arthur E. Hess, a deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration, was named as first director of the Bureau of Health Insurance in 1965, placing him as the first executive in charge of the Medicare program. [6]
President Bush launched the Health Centers Initiative to significantly increase access to primary health care services in 1,200 communities through new or expanded health center sites. Between 2001 and 2006, the number of patients treated at health centers increased by over 4.7 million, representing a nearly 50 percent increase in just five years.
According to historian John Duffy, the concept of community health centers in the United States can be traced to infant milk stations in New York City in 1901. In November, 1914, the city established the first district health center in New York at 206 Madison Avenue, serving 35,000 residents of Manhattan's lower east side.
Carelon Health, (formerly CareMore) a subsidiary of Elevance Health through its Carelon brand, is an integrated health plan and care delivery system for Medicare and Medicaid patients. The company was founded in 1992 as CareMore by Sheldon Zinberg and Johnn Edelston, President of HealthPro Associates through the merger of Community IPA managed ...
An elderly dog who was rescued from undesirable living conditions is now "living his best life" in Florida, following a big retirement bash. Rusty, a Lab/Chow mix, estimated to be between 10 and ...
President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law on March 23, 2010, in the East Room before a select audience of nearly 300 people. He stated that the health reform effort, designed after a long and acrimonious debate facing fierce opposition in the Congress to expand health insurance coverage, was based on "the core principle that everybody should have some basic security ...
Zillow predicts the US housing market will keep shifting in 2025.. The real-estate firm says the average home value rose by 2.6% annually in October. It says homebuying activity should pick up ...
CareSource is a nonprofit that began as a managed health care plan serving Medicaid members in Ohio. Today, it provides public health care programs including Medicaid, Medicare, and Marketplace. The company is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio. It is the largest Medicaid plan in Ohio and is second largest in the United States. [2] [3]