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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Murray, John E., 1959- Origins of American health insurance. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007 (OCoLC)655234498 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John E Murray |
| ISBN: | 9780300120912 0300120915 |
| OCLC Number: | 123485148 |
| Description: | xiv, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 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 social welfare reform. |
| Series Title: | Yale series in economic and financial history. |
| Responsibility: | John E. Murray. |
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Abstract:
How did the United States come to have its distinctive workplace-based health insurance system? This book explores the history of health insurance in the US from its roots in the 19th-century sickness funds offered by industrial employers and labour unions to the rise of group plans such as Blue Cross Blue Shield in the mid-twentieth century.
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"One of the book''s most admirable and compelling aspects is the respectful way Murray treats those with whom he disagrees. In this way, "Origins of American Health "Insurance is a model of balance and thoroughness. . . . Murray''s book is simply the best, most balanced, and most thorough treatment of the topic available. I cannot recommend it more highly or with any greater enthusiasm. "Origins of American Health Insurance" is simultaneously a lesson in economics and a lesson in history."--Werner Troesken, "The Independent Review"--Werner Troesken "The Independent Review " Read more...
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