WGU D393 HISTORY OF
HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS|GRADED A+| SURE TO
PASS|REVISED 2025|2026
1. Almshouse
Answer: An institution to care for poor people, run by religious leaders with no
patient care training
2. Pest houses
Answer: A facility to isolate people with contagious diseases from the rest of
society
3. Royal hospital
Answer: A prestigious medical facility that treats people of wealth and means
4. 1700–1720
Answer: Pest and almshouses were the primary treatment facilities
5. 1722
Answer: Royal hospitals were available to people with enough money to afford
treatment
6. 1736
Answer: Bellevue Hospital and Charity Hospital opened to provide first-rate
care to an individual regardless of their status
1
, 7. 1751
Answer: Pennsylvania Hospital, the first public hospital in the U.S., was
established by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond
8. 1793
Answer: A yellow fever outbreak strained the U.S. healthcare system;
mosquitos caused it in Philadelphia
9. 1813
Answer: The Vaccine Act of 1813 was passed to encourage the use of the
smallpox vaccine
10.1830
Answer: Medical specialization became common practice
11.1847
Answer: The American Medical Association (AMA) was founded
12.1876
Answer: Johns Hopkins University was founded
13.1889
Answer: William, James, and Charles Mayo founded the Mayo Clinic
14.1918
Answer: H1N1 virus leads to the influenza pandemic; 50–100 million died
15.1929
Answer: Blue Cross, the first legitimate health insurance, launched
16.1938
Answer: Commercial insurance approved providing hospital coverage
17.Smallpox
Answer: A virus that emerged during the 1800s–1900s causing severe pus-
filled blisters that were contagious and often led to death; Edward Jenner found
the cure
2
HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS|GRADED A+| SURE TO
PASS|REVISED 2025|2026
1. Almshouse
Answer: An institution to care for poor people, run by religious leaders with no
patient care training
2. Pest houses
Answer: A facility to isolate people with contagious diseases from the rest of
society
3. Royal hospital
Answer: A prestigious medical facility that treats people of wealth and means
4. 1700–1720
Answer: Pest and almshouses were the primary treatment facilities
5. 1722
Answer: Royal hospitals were available to people with enough money to afford
treatment
6. 1736
Answer: Bellevue Hospital and Charity Hospital opened to provide first-rate
care to an individual regardless of their status
1
, 7. 1751
Answer: Pennsylvania Hospital, the first public hospital in the U.S., was
established by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond
8. 1793
Answer: A yellow fever outbreak strained the U.S. healthcare system;
mosquitos caused it in Philadelphia
9. 1813
Answer: The Vaccine Act of 1813 was passed to encourage the use of the
smallpox vaccine
10.1830
Answer: Medical specialization became common practice
11.1847
Answer: The American Medical Association (AMA) was founded
12.1876
Answer: Johns Hopkins University was founded
13.1889
Answer: William, James, and Charles Mayo founded the Mayo Clinic
14.1918
Answer: H1N1 virus leads to the influenza pandemic; 50–100 million died
15.1929
Answer: Blue Cross, the first legitimate health insurance, launched
16.1938
Answer: Commercial insurance approved providing hospital coverage
17.Smallpox
Answer: A virus that emerged during the 1800s–1900s causing severe pus-
filled blisters that were contagious and often led to death; Edward Jenner found
the cure
2
