- Words: 963
- Length: 3 Pages
- Topic: Healthcare
- Paper #: 7178250
By 1935, during the Presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, the Social Security Act, "one of the great landmarks in the history of healthcare legislation in the United States" (Couchman, 2001, p. 245), prompted the government to accept some responsibility for the future security of the aged, the handicapped and the unemployed as it relates to healthcare needs. In 1939, the Roosevelt Administration also introduced the Wagner National Health Act which