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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455929503321

Autore

Hoffman Beatrix

Titolo

The Wages of Sickness [[electronic resource] ] : The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2001

ISBN

0-8078-6072-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Collana

Studies in Social Medicine

Disciplina

368.38200973

368.4200973

Soggetti

Health insurance

Insurance, Health

Progressivism (United States politics)

Business

Social Science

Health insurance - History - 20th century - United States

Politics

Social Conditions

History, 20th Century

Socioeconomic Factors

History, Modern 1601-

Sociology

Insurance

Social Sciences

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena

Population Characteristics

Financing, Organized

History

Economics

Humanities

Health Care

Health Care Economics and Organizations

Health Insurance and Medicare Legislation - U.S

Law - U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Electronic books.



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Patchwork Protection: The Specter of Sickness and Poverty; 2. Crafting a Solution to the Sickness Problem: The American Association for Labor Legislation; 3. A Dose of Prussianism: European Origins and American Identities; 4. The Worst Insult to the Greatest Profession: Medical Practitioners and Health Insurance; 5. Moneyed Interests: Employers and Insurance Companies Against Compulsory Health Insurance; 6. The House of Labor Divided; 7. Insuring Maternity: Women's Politics and the Campaign for Health Insurance

8. The Politics of DefeatEpilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

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.