Most attempts until the 1990s were related to achieving a National Health Insurance (NHI), which usually describes a _____. - ANSWERsingle, countrywide health care financing system run by the government at one or more jurisdictional levels
Proposals to create an NHI system have been on the natio...
Most attempts until the 1990s were related to achieving a National Health Insurance (NHI), which
usually describes a _____. - ANSWERsingle, countrywide health care financing system run by the
government at one or more jurisdictional levels
Proposals to create an NHI system have been on the national political agenda in the US since ___. -
ANSWER1912
____ made an NHI one of the of his Bull Moose Party Platform in the presidential election of 1912. -
ANSWERTeddy Roosevelt
Generically speaking an NHI does what? - ANSWERprovides everyone with health insurance, usually
established by federal legislation, and may be administered by government, private sector, or
combination of both
NHI may be financed through: - ANSWERtaxation, private sector or individual contributions, or a
combination of these
The first NHI program appeared in the 1880s and was introduced by ___. - ANSWEROtto von
Bismarck, the "Iron Chancellor" of Prussia
In 1883, Bismark succeeded in passing a ____. - ANSWERsickness insurance act
Opposition against Bismark's plan for only not profit national systems led to a system with ___. -
ANSWERboth for profit and nonprofit societies
NHI according to Bismarks plan was a ___. - ANSWERnational program which provided cash support
during periods of sickness and accidental injury.
, Under Bismarks plan for a NHI ___ of premiums paid by employees and 1/3 by the employer. -
ANSWER2/3
The worlds first NHI program was created, not by a progressive democratic or socialist government,
but by a ____. - ANSWERconservative constitutional monarchy
Many universal health systems in the 1920s were formed to ___. - ANSWERplacate workers who
were being courted by socialistic/communistic movements
By the 1920s most of the European industrialized countries, as well as japan had some kind of ____. -
ANSWERNHI system
NHI systems in the 1920 for european industrialized countries as well as japan usually began as a
____. - ANSWERpartial or voluntary system generally progressing to a comprehensive and
compulsory
One of the first early 20th century campaigns for NHI proposals were undertaken by: -
ANSWERAmerican Association for Labor Legislation
In 1916, American Association for Labor Legislation proposed compulsory medical care and sickness
benefits insurance that would have: - ANSWERcovered persons earning below a certain income level,
used existing insurance carriers, shared the costs among employers, employees and the states, and
been adopted by each state independently
At first the AALL's proposal had widespread support, extending to the ___ and even the NAtional
Association of Manufacturers. - ANSWERAMA
Beginning in 1917, the US entry into ____ generally deflated the reform movement because they had
no money. - ANSWERWorld War I
A battle over the AALL's NHI proposal ensued within the AMA and their was an overall shift of power
from the ____. - ANSWERacademic wing of medical professions to practitioner wing that the
conservative, practitioner faction, won
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