Origins of American Health Insurance - A History of Industrial Sickness Funds

Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: John E. Murray, Murray John E.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.2007
• EAN: 9780300120912
• ISBN: 978-0-300-12091-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Yale Series in Economic and Financial History; Yale Series in Economic and Fi; Yale Series in Economic and Financial History; Yale Series in Economic History (YUP)
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; USA, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / General, United States of America, USA, Insurance & actuarial studies, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Insurance and actuarial studies