02654nam 22005654a 450 991082426200332120200520144314.0979-88-908715-7-20-8078-6072-7(CKB)111087027916548(EBL)413316(OCoLC)476236865(SSID)ssj0000268640(PQKBManifestationID)11222185(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268640(PQKBWorkID)10254302(PQKB)11197561(MiAaPQ)EBC413316(EXLCZ)9911108702791654820000606d2001 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe wages of sickness the politics of health insurance in progressive America /Beatrix Hoffman1st ed.Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20011 online resource (279 p.)Studies in social medicineDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-2588-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and index.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 Insurance8. The Politics of DefeatEpilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index;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.Studies in social medicine.Health insuranceUnited StatesHistory20th centuryProgressivism (United States politics)Health insuranceHistoryProgressivism (United States politics)368.38/2/00973Hoffman Beatrix Rebecca1506824MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824262003321The wages of sickness4021979UNINA