President Franklin D. Roosevelt is known for his New Deal programs and President Lyndon B. Johnson for the Great Society and War on Poverty programs. Given that these are wide-reaching social welfare policies that expanded the role and size of the federal government, what social, economic, and historical conditions enabled it possible for the President to successfully push through their policies?
Why do you think it’s taken the U.S. so long to catch up to the government-funded health care trends seen in Europe starting in the 1880s? Why do you think “socialized medicine” has historically been a pejorative term in the U.S., while other industrialized nations in Europe such as the U.K., Germany, and Italy have long adopted universal health care systems? What are the cultural, social, economic, and historical forces at play here?
Re-read the chapter’s description of the “Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993”. Do you think 12 weeks of unpaid maternal leave is enough for new families? What type of economic and personal side effects can come from new mothers returning to work after 12 weeks of unpaid leave?
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