They were sufficiently benevolent that when Harry Truman proposed a national health-care scheme, opponents were able to defeat it ... A Short History of Health CareJonathan Cohn shows how we got here.

Indeed, history suggests that it may be folly to expect that there are any easy or magic answers to this problem. When it comes to controlling health care costs, reformers should not overpromise.

The campaign for some form of universal government-funded health care has stretched for nearly a century in the US On several occasions, advocates believed they were on the verge of success;

Managed Care as we know it today has its roots in a number of prepaid healthcare arrangements in the early 20th century. ... This is a well done history of managed care, not health care.

At the start of the decade, national health care expenditures are 4.5 percent of the Gross National Product. Attention turns to Korea and away from health reform;

Political operative Rahm Emanuel told Clinton he should turn his attention to health care with a very simple goal: “Cut the deal now.” Let go of ... History teaches that any collectivized,

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Health-care history apparently forgotten In the debate about health-care reform, certain facts are forgotten. In the late 1920s,...

We review the history and current efforts to assess and improve health care in the United States. ... Quality Assurance, Health Care [history]

Health care cost inflation is not exactly new. Per capita health care expenditures have been rising 4 ... Editorial Comment: The Not-So-Sad History of Medicare Cost Containment as Told in One Chart