The wages of sickness : the politics of health insurance in progressive America /

From 1915 to 1920, Progressive reformers led a spirited but unsuccessful crusade for compulsory health insurance in New York State. Beatrix Hoffman shows that this first health insurance campaign was a crucial moment in the creation of the American welfare state and health care system.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoffman, Beatrix Rebecca
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001.
Colección:Studies in social medicine.
Temas:
1900-1999
Health insurance > United States > History > 20th century.
Progressivism (United States politics)
Politics, Practical.
Social history.
Insurance, Health > history
History, 20th Century
Politics
Social Conditions
Assurance-maladie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Progressisme > États-Unis.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Politique.
Histoire sociale.
politics.
social history.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Insurance > Health.
Social history
Politics, Practical
Health insurance
Gesundheitspolitik
Ziektekostenverzekering.
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Patchwork Protection: The Specter of Sickness and Poverty
  • Crafting a Solution to the Sickness Problem: The American Association for Labor Legislation
  • A Dose of Prussianism: European Origins and American Identities
  • The Worst Insult to the Greatest Profession: Medical Practitioners and Health Insurance
  • The House of Labor Divided
  • Insuring Maternity: Women's Politics and the Campaign for Health Insurance
  • The Politics of Defeat.

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