Origins of American health insurance: a history of industrial sickness funds
"How did the United States come to have its distinctive workplace-based health insurance system? Why did Progressive initiatives to establish a government system fail? This book explores the history of health insurance in the United States from its roots in the nineteenth-century sickness funds...
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| Summary: | "How did the United States come to have its distinctive workplace-based health insurance system? Why did Progressive initiatives to establish a government system fail? This book explores the history of health insurance in the United States from its roots in the nineteenth-century sickness funds offered by industrial employers, fraternal organizations, and labor unions to the rise of such group plans as Blue Cross and Blue Shield in the mid-twentieth century."--Book jacket. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-304) and index Industrial sickness funds -- Political economy of progressive-era sickness insurance -- Progressive ideals : private and public insurance in Europe -- The rise of sickness funds -- How establishment funds worked -- How labor union funds worked -- Workers' decisions to save or buy insurance -- Workers' decisions to work or stay home sick -- Insured workers' health in the Great Depression -- Actuarial science and the decline of sickness funds -- Succession in the forest of health care reform |
| Physical Description: | XIV, 313 S. Ill., Kt. 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780300120912 0300120915 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Preface xi
PART ONE. SICKNESS FUNDS IN THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
1. Industrial Sickness Funds 3
2. Political Economy of Progressive Era Sickness Insurance 16
3. Progressive Ideals: Private and Public Insurance in Europe 38
PART TWO. RISE AND OPERATION
4. The Rise of Sickness Funds 65
5. How Establishment Funds Worked 92
6. How Labor Union Funds Worked 123
7. Workers Decisions to Save or Buy Insurance 145
8. Workers Decisions to Work or Stay Home Sick 169
X CONTENTS
PART THREE. INNOVATION AND DECLINE
9. Insured Workers Health in the Great Depression 203
10. Actuarial Science and the Decline of Sickness Funds 218
11. Succession in the Forest of Health Care Reform 237
Appendix A: Data Sources 249
Appendix B: Additional Regressions for Chapter 7 252
Notes 259
Bibliography 289
Index 305
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CONTENTS
Preface xi
PART ONE. SICKNESS FUNDS IN THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
1. Industrial Sickness Funds 3
2. Political Economy of Progressive Era Sickness Insurance 16
3. Progressive Ideals: Private and Public Insurance in Europe 38
PART TWO. RISE AND OPERATION
4. The Rise of Sickness Funds 65
5. How Establishment Funds Worked 92
6. How Labor Union Funds Worked 123
7. Workers' Decisions to Save or Buy Insurance 145
8. Workers' Decisions to Work or Stay Home Sick 169
X CONTENTS
PART THREE. INNOVATION AND DECLINE
9. Insured Workers' Health in the Great Depression 203
10. Actuarial Science and the Decline of Sickness Funds 218
11. Succession in the Forest of Health Care Reform 237
Appendix A: Data Sources 249
Appendix B: Additional Regressions for Chapter 7 252
Notes 259
Bibliography 289
Index 305 |
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