The uninsured have weighed on this country for decades—economically, socially and politically.
They're a growing demographic that have plagued presidents as far back Teddy Roosevelt. Others, such as Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton have tackled it and failed.
(The two exceptions one might concede would be the passage of Medicare under Johnson and Social Security under FDR.)
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