Timeline of universal healthcare
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This is a timeline of universal healthcare.
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Big picture
| Time period | Development summary | More details |
|---|---|---|
| 1800s | Several European countries begin implementing some form of social insurance that would eventually evolve into a national health insurance program.[1] | |
| 1912 < | Era of universal healthcare adoption as state policy, beginning in Norway.[2] | |
| 1920s | [ref name 1] |
Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1637 | An early law that passes to provide medical services for disabled soldiers begins in colonia America with the pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in the war with Pequot Indians.[1] | United States | |
| 1776 | [ref name 1] | ||
| 1812 | [ref name 1] | ||
| 1865 | [ref name 1] | ||
| 1883 | The world's first national social health insurance system originates in Germany with Otto Von Bismarck's Sickness Insurance Law, starting to implement compulsory sickness insurance program for workers.[1][3][4][5] | Germany | |
| 1891 | Healthcare begins taking effect in Sweden as a form of labor subsidized mutual benefit.[1] | Sweden} | |
| 1892 | Healthcare begins taking effect in Denmark.[1] | Denmark | |
| 1906 | [ref name 1] | ||
| 1910 | Healthcare begins taking effect in France.[1] | France | |
| 1912 | Healthcare begins taking effect in Switzerland.[1] | Switzerland | |
| 1912 | Policy | Norway becomes the first country to adopt a universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Norway |
| 1938 | Policy | Japan achieves universal healthcare. The National Health Insurance act is enacted, widening the coverage of public health insurance not only to farmers, but also to the general public not covered by the Health Insurance Law.[7][6] | Japan |
| 1938 | New Zealand establishes universal healthcare.[6] | New Zealand | |
| 1941 | Policy | Germany adopts universal healthcare policy.[6] | Germany |
| 1945 | Policy | Belgium adopts universal healthcare policy.[6] | Belgium |
| 1945 | United States President Harry S. Truman proposes a national health insurance program. The Congress would not approve it. [ref name 1] | ||
| 1948 (July 5) | The National Health Service Act 1946 is launched in England, creating the National Health Service (NHS) that would provide the majority of healthcare in the country.[8][9][6] | United Kingdom | |
| 1950 | Kuwait starts implementing free comprehensive healthcare to its citizens.[10][6][11] | Kuwait | |
| 1954 | Vietnam establishes universal healthcare.[6] | Vietnam | |
| 1955 | Policy | Sweden adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Sweden |
| 1955 | North Korea establishes universal healthcare.[6] | North Korea | |
| 1957 | Policy | Bahrain adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Bahrain |
| 1958 | Policy | Brunei achieves universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Brunei |
| 1966 | Policy | Andorra adopts universal healthcare.[2] | Andorra |
| 1966 | Policy | Universal healthcare is achieved in Canada, after the Parliament approves a publicly-funded healthcare system under the principle that access to healthcare shouldn’t depend on location, income, or wealth.[12][2][6] | Canada |
| 1966 | Policy | The Netherlands adopt universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Netherlands |
| 1967 | Policy | Austria adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Austria |
| 1970 | Policy | Comprehensive healthcare begins in Oman.[10] | Oman |
| 1971 | The United Arab Emirates adopt universal healthcare.[2][6] | United Arab Emirates | |
| 1972 | Policy | Finland adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Finland |
| 1972 | Slovenia establishes universal healthcare.[6] | Slovenia | |
| 1973 | Policy | Denmark and Luxemburg adopt universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Denmark, Luxembourg |
| 1974 | Policy | France adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | France |
| 1975 | Policy | Australia adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Australia |
| 1975 | Algeria establishes universal healthcare.[6] | ||
| 1977 | Policy | Ireland adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Ireland |
| 1977 | Policy | South Korea passes law mandating health insurance for industrial workers.[11] | South Korea |
| 1978 | Policy | Italy adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Italy |
| 1979 | Policy | Portugal's National Healthcare Service, known nationally as Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS) starts providing universal free healthcare nationwide.[2][6] | Portugal |
| 1980 | Policy | Cyprus adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Cyprus |
| 1983 | Policy | Greece adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Greece |
| 1986 | Policy | Spain adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Spain |
| 1988 | Policy | South Korea adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | South Korea |
| 1988 | Policy | Brazil adopts universal healthcare system.[13][6][11] | Brazil |
| 1990 | Policy | Iceland adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Iceland |
| 1991 | Colombia establishes the right to healthcare within its constitution.[14] | Colombia | |
| 1993 | Policy | Hong Kong adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Hong Kong |
| 1993 | Colombia establishes universal healthcare.[6] | Colombia | |
| 1993 | Policy | Singapore adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Singapore |
| 1994 | Policy | Switzerland adopts universal healthcare policy.[2][6] | Switzerland |
| 1994 | Policy | Moldova begins a mandatory health insurance program with the aim of providing the entire population with basic healthcare. Today, people who are unemployed or not working are insured by the government, while employed Moldovans chip in a portion of their income through a payroll tax or a flat-rate contribution.[13] | Moldova |
| 1995 | Policy | Israel passes National Health Insurance Law, setting out a system of universal healthcare.[6] | Israel |
| 1995 | Policy | Taiwan institutes its National Health Insurance (NHI). | Taiwan |
| 1999 | Program launch | Rwanda establishes a national health plan. Since then, healthcare insurance would extend to reach about 91% of the population, a greater percentage than the United States.[13][11] | |
| 1999 | Venezuela establishes universal healthcare.[6] | Venezuela | |
| 1999 | The Canadian prime minister and most premiers reaffirm in the Social Union Framework Agreement that they are committed to healthcare that has "comprehensiveness, universality, portability, public administration and accessibility".[15] | Canada | |
| 2002 | Policy | Thailand introduces the "30-bhat scheme" (Less than US$ 1 at the time), a plan aimed at extending health coverage to all citizens. About 14 million previously uninsured people are added to the Thai system with this plan. According to a WHO report, prescription drugs, hospitalizations and services like chemotherapy, surgery and emergency care are free to patients.[13][6][11] | Thailand |
| 2005 | Argentina establishes a maternal and child health insurance program (Plan Nacer), with aims at covering more than one million previously uninsured pregnant women and children with basic health insurance and secure access to services.[14] | Argentina | |
| 2005 | Chile establishes access aimed at all its citizens to a basic package guaranteeing treatments for up to 80 health problems, setting upper limits to waiting times and out-of-pocket payment for treatments.[14] | Chile | |
| 2009 (May 28) | Mexico announces universal care coverage for pregnant women.[15] | Mexico | |
| 2009 (April 10) | Policy | The Government of Peru publishes the Law on Health Insurance to enable all citizens access to quality health services.[15] | Peru |
| 2011 | Policy | China achieves universal health insurance with more than 95% of its population insured. This represents the largest expansion of insurance coverage in human history.[13] | China |
| 2012 | Mexico establishes universal healthcare.[6] | Mexico | |
| 2015 | Policy | All Qatari citizens and expatriates are expected to be covered by national health insurance.[10] | Qatar |
| 2016 | Argentina establishes universal healthcare.[6] | Argentina |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Historical Foundation of Universal Healthcare". healthcarereformmagazine.com. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 "UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFUSION PATTERNS" (PDF). utwente.nl. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ "Bismarck and Beyond: the Beginnings of Social Health Insurance in Germany". wordpress.com. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ Leichter, Howard M. (1979). A comparative approach to policy analysis: health care policy in four nations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-521-22648-1.
The Sickness Insurance Law (1883). Eligibility. The Sickness Insurance Law came into effect in December 1884. It provided for compulsory participation by all industrial wage earners (i.e., manual laborers) in factories, ironworks, mines, shipbuilding yards, and similar workplaces.
- ↑ Hennock, Ernest Peter (2007). The origin of the welfare state in England and Germany, 1850–1914: social policies compared. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-521-59212-3.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.31 6.32 6.33 6.34 6.35 6.36 6.37 6.38 6.39 "Countries With Universal Health Care". worldatlas.com. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ "Social Security in Japan 2014". ipss.go.jp. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ↑ "National Health Service Act 1946". health.org.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ Pharmaceutical Pricing, Reimbursement, and Prescribing in the United Kingdom. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Joseph, Suad. "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN AND ISLAMIC CULTURES". ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 "Where in the world can you get universal health care?". cnn.com. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ "Give Canada Universal Drug Coverage!". change.org. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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