LEADER 02654nam 22005654a 450 001 9910824262003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a979-88-908715-7-2 010 $a0-8078-6072-7 035 $a(CKB)111087027916548 035 $a(EBL)413316 035 $a(OCoLC)476236865 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000268640 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11222185 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268640 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10254302 035 $a(PQKB)11197561 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC413316 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027916548 100 $a20000606d2001 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe wages of sickness $ethe politics of health insurance in progressive America /$fBeatrix Hoffman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in social medicine 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-2588-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and index. 327 $aPreface; 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 327 $a8. The Politics of DefeatEpilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; 330 $aFrom 1915 to 1920, Progressive reformers led a spirited but unsuccessful crusade for compulsory health insurance in New York State. Beatrix Hoffman shows that this first health insurance campaign was a crucial moment in the creation of the American welfare state and health care system. 410 0$aStudies in social medicine. 606 $aHealth insurance$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aProgressivism (United States politics) 615 0$aHealth insurance$xHistory 615 0$aProgressivism (United States politics) 676 $a368.38/2/00973 700 $aHoffman$b Beatrix Rebecca$01506824 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824262003321 996 $aThe wages of sickness$94021979 997 $aUNINA