A student is reviewing the literature about legislative efforts to establish a national health insurance. Which of the following would the student expect to find?

A) Initially introduced by Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 but failed despite support by nursing leaders such as Lillian Wald, Lavinia Dock, and Annie W. Goodrich
B) Actively supported by the American Medical Association when introduced by Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration
C) First proposed by President Bill Clinton's Health Security Act in the early 1990s but failed as a result of the powerful insurance-industry lobby
D) Lost its attraction is the 1950s and has not been supported by major professional nursing associations since that time


Ans: A) Initially introduced by Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 but failed despite support by nursing leaders such as Lillian Wald, Lavinia Dock, and Annie W. Goodrich

Political Science

You might also like to view...

In China, Mao Zedong implemented an economic policy where the state controlled all economic activity. This type of economic policy is an example of __________

A) laissez faire B) capitalism C) central planning D) mercantilism

Political Science

According to John Locke, if a government threatens its citizens' rights, those citizens

A. must do their best to accommodate themselves to the oppression. B. should not rebel because the government is carrying out God's will. C. should move to the wilderness and live in the state of nature. D. have the right to dissolve the government. E. are no longer entitled to their natural rights.

Political Science

One example of a policy that aimed chiefly to overcome de facto discrimination is

A. the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas ruling. B. the Equal Rights Amendment. C. busing to achieve racial integration in the schools. D. the Voting Rights Act of 1965. E. the Fourteenth Amendment.

Political Science

You have just been appointed as a justice to a national court. How long will your term of office be?

a. Two years b. Six years c. Twenty years d. Your lifetime

Political Science