Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America

by Beatrix Hoffman

Book Overview

The Clinton administration's failed health care reform was not the first attempt to establish government-sponsored medical coverage in the United States. From 1915 to 1920, Progressive reformers led a spirited but ultimately unsuccessful crusade for compulsory health insurance in New York State. Beatrix Hoffman argues that this first health insurance campaign was a crucial moment in the creation of the American welfare state and health care system...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807825883
• ISBN13: 9780807825884
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"