health insurance history past to present

The Challenge

The State Children's Health Insurance Program: Past, Present, and ...
Feb 9, 2007 . The State Children's Health Insurance Program: Past, Present, and Future . This report reviews the program's history and design, describes its .
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Fund-Reports/2007/Feb/The-State-Childrens-Health-Insurance-Program--Past--Present--and-Future.aspx



Health Insurance in the United States | Economic History Services
Feb 1, 2010 . This article describes the development of the U.S. health insurance . and that, whatever the justification in the past, the present situation... can .
http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/thomasson.insurance.health.us

Our Service

A History of Overhauling Health Care - Interactive Feature ...
Jul 19, 2009 . For almost a century, presidents and members of Congress have tried and failed to provide universal health benefits to Americans.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/19/us/politics/20090717_HEALTH_TIMELINE.html

A short history of health care. - Slate Magazine
Mar 13, 2007 . Any successful attempt to reform health care in the United States . that illuminate a particular dysfunction of the present medical system . Indian Ocean Earthquake: Asia Heeds Lessons of the Past as Tsunami Watch Is Lifted .
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/2007/03/a_short_history_of_health_care.html

Our Approach

PBS- Healthcare Crisis: Healthcare Timeline
Progressive reformers argue for health insurance, seems to be gaining support. . Reformers now emphasize the cost of medical care instead of wages lost to . Medicare is viewed by some as unsustainable under the present structure and .
http://www.pbs.org/healthcarecrisis/history.htm

Benefits

In Sickness and in Health: The History of Health Insurance
Mar 31, 2009 . A history of health insurance, from the early days of health care to modern medicine, rising costs, and American debate over coverage.
http://www.randomhistory.com/2009/03/31_health-insurance.html

A Brief History: Universal Health Care Efforts in the US | Physicians ...
The campaign for some form of universal government-funded health care . make for an intriguing lesson in American history, ideology, and character. . This lack of representation presents an opportunity for attracting more people to the cause. . Marmor offers these lessons from the past: “Compulsory health insurance, .
http://www.pnhp.org/facts/a_brief_history_universal_health_care_efforts_in_the_us.php?page=all