HMO Act Enables For-Profit Healthcare Expansion
President Richard Nixon signed the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 into law on December 29, 1973, following Senate sponsorship by Edward Kennedy. The Act provided grants and loans to start or expand Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), removed certain state restrictions for federally …
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John Ehrlichman
Edward Kennedy
Edgar Kaiser
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