A Century of Neglect

By: Editors

One hundred years of dysfunctional health care policy in the richest country on earth.

1910-25

Workers’ compensation insurance established in 32 states, to cover costs associated with workplace injury.

1912

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1910-25 Workers’ compensation insurance established in 32 states, to cover costs associated with workplace injury. 1912 Universal national health coverage proposed by Theodore Roosevelt supporters, bitterly opposed by the American Medical Association (AMA), which labeled it “socialized medicine.” 1916-19 Proposals for compulsory health coverage based on the workers’ compensation model proposed in several states. One proposal, from the American Association of Labor Legislation, called for coverage for all manual laborers...

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