Abstract
The Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) was grafted onto a complex structure employment-based health benefit plans supplemented by a number of federal and state health care programs including Medicare, Medicaid and the Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This article examines the development of health care benefits in the United States before 2010. A following article will appraise the ACA.
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