Health Care in the USA

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The debate is raging about health care in the USA. The new president wants to change a lot of things. I don’t understand all the aspects of what everyone calls Obamacare. I was looking into some of the history of health care in this country and found this interesting tidbit. Did you know that in 1929, Blue Cross, one of the largest health insurance providers was only open to school teachers? And for just $6 per year, hospital fees for up to three weeks were paid for teachers. Another small piece of history involves Florence Nightingale, who is remembered worldwide as a famous nurse. However, she only served as a nurse for about two years. She retired as a semi-invalid for the rest of her life, after contracting a fever while nursing patients in the Crimean War. Now you know.