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RN, A Man Before His Time On Healthcare

Whittier College senior and Nixon Fellow Alex Tallarida, 21, discusses RN's practical and bi-partisan approach to healthcare reform.

During his second term, RN made expanding health coverage to all Americans a centerpiece of his domestic agenda.

The Obama administration has taken on the issue of health care reform today in the United States, but this type of reform is not new. Richard Nixon had a significant role in healthcare during his presidency and if unimpeded could have helped prevent the current health care crisis in the United States. Specifically, in 1973, Nixon passed two important pieces of legislation that changed health care in the country. The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 required employers with traditional health plans to also provide the option of choosing an HMO for its employees. The act also made it mandatory for employers to contribute as much to the HMO as they did to their regular plans. The Veterans Health Care Expansion Act of 1973 substantially expanded the health benefits available to our nation’s veterans and their families.

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LETTER FROM YORBA LINDA #69 | November 23, 2009 border

RN, My Role Model

By Jimmy Byron, Intern for The Richard Nixon Foundation.
 

      I joined the Richard Nixon Foundation in June 2007, only weeks prior to the transformation of the private Nixon Library & Birthplace into the federally-operated Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. I was fresh out of 8th grade. My meeting with Foundation Vice President Sandy Quinn was my first time in a board room. I had visited the Nixon Library twice before then – once with my family and later with my Grandpa – and these experiences left me with a new interest in President Richard Nixon, so I wrote a letter to the Library director asking about internships.

 

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