U.S. Senator Harry Reid died on Wednesday at the age of 82 after battling pancreatic cancer. From expanding American insurance options to creating a national ALS registry, he will be remembered to a certain extent as a champion of many health care issues. This former Senate majority and minority leader representing Nevada retired in 2016 after a long political career. He is a dynamic and outspoken Democrat.

1. This Affordable Care Act: Reid, together with Rep. Nancy Pelosi, is believed to have passed a tricky Congress in March 2010 to guide the ACA to finally get the president’s signature. Reid later blocked repeated attempts by Republicans to revoke parts of the health law that expanded Medicaid, created insurance exchanges and placed value-based care implementation in the super-equipment.
2. Suicide prevention: Reid is a champion of suicide prevention. Before this problem lacks today’s awareness, he first tells the story of his father who committed suicide in the mid-1990s. In 1997, Reid proposed a Senate resolution declaring suicide as a national issue and prevention as a national priority.He also promoted the creation of surgeons in 1999 Call for action to prevent suicide report.
3. Disease registration: In 1998, Congress passed ALS Registration Law, It created a national case database to help researchers estimate the number of new cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis each year and monitor potential risk factors for the disease, which is still difficult to diagnose in its early stages. Reid initiated the legislation, which eventually won the support of 77 co-sponsors and both parties.
4. Abortion: Reid opposed abortion—except in some cases—in 2015, his idea was implemented.During parliament Confirmation process When serving as the former Attorney General Loretta Lynch in 2015, Senate Republicans blocked voting by including anti-abortion clauses in the anti-human trafficking bill. Reid told Republicans in the Senate at the time that he would force Democrats to vote for the human trafficking bill or allow Republicans to vote against Lynch.In the end, other congressional leaders Reach an agreement Both bills passed and Lynch was confirmed.
5. Expansion of the Child Health Insurance Plan: Reid is in CHIP extension Include children under the age of 18 living in households with incomes below 133% of the federal poverty level—a significant improvement over previous qualifications—and simplify the admissions process. President George W. Bush vetoed the scaled-down expansion plan promoted by Reid, and the senator eventually supported many amendments to the bill to provide reauthorization funding for the plan in subsequent years.