Practice Quiz

Managed Care Nursing

Category - Overview

Start a Study Session Sign up for Question of the Day
Who authorized the Health Planning Act of 1966?
  1. President Lyndon B. Johnson
  2. The Federal Health Maintenance Organization
  3. President Robert F. Kennedy
  4. President Richard M. Nixon
Explanation
Answer: A - President Lyndon B. Johnson authorized the Health Planning Act of 1966.

President Johnson worked with Dr. Paul Ellwood to write this Act on behalf of funding and increase of access to the employer-based health insurance market. Dr. Ellwood also consulted with President Nixon on finding ways to reduce healthcare costs for Medicare.
Was this helpful? Upvote!
Login to contribute your own answer or details
Start a Study Session Sign up for Question of the Day

Top questions

Related questions

Most popular on PracticeQuiz