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Universal healthcare was proposed by Teddy Roosevelt in 1912, but the debate really got started in 1953 when Truman introduced Medicare (which took another 12 years of debate to pass). Clinton revived the debate in 1973, but was royally trounced and so they've been chipping away at it until...

Universal healthcare was proposed by Teddy Roosevelt in 1912, but the debate really got started in 1953 when Truman introduced Medicare (which took another 12 years of debate to pass). Clinton revived the debate in 1973, but was royally trounced and so they've been chipping away at it until...