Resource: Appendix A: U.S. Health Care Timeline
Use Appendix A or create a timeline of your own with eight major events from the last 50 years. Be sure to include a brief description of the event as well as an explanation as to why the event is important. The following four events are required to be in your timeline (the other four events are up to you!): Medicare and Medicaid HIPAA of 1996 State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Prospective Payment System (PPS)