1770s-1899
Entity name before it was known as the The United States Public Health Service
What is the Marine Hospital Service
Group of 50 economists, physicians, public health specialists, and other major interest groups that studied the economic organization of medical care starting in 1926 due to the concerns over the cost and distribution of medical care.
What is Committee on the Costs of Medical Care?
Era when the banking system had collapsed, almost a quarter of the labor force was unemployed, lower incomes in wages, factories were shut down, farms and homes were lost to foreclosure, mills and mines were abandoned, and people went hungry.
What is the Great Depression
President who bought forth the the idea of social insurance during the Progressive Era
Who is Theodore Roosevelt
Plans created by this company to cover the costs of physician care in California in 1939
What is Blue Shield
Concept that is a lack of government regulation and oversight in the market.
What is LAISSEZ-FAIRE
The purpose of the Act was "to reduce maternal and infant mortality.
What is The Sheppard-Towner Act
The 1935 act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits that also includes, blind persons, maternal and child welfare, and the administration of their unemployment compensation laws
What is The Social Security Act (1935)
July 16, 1798 Act that helped establish the first health insurance program
What is THE ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF SICK AND DISABLED SEAMEN
Organization that drafted a bill in 1915 for the working class encompassing: $1200/yr, Dependents covered, Shared by workers, employers and state and Death benefit of $50
What is the American Association for Labor Legislation (AALL)
Created by FDR in 1934 to address old-age and unemployment issues, as well as medical care and insurance.
What is the Committee on Economic Security
Established by Congress in 1865 and provided assistance for: Housing, Food, Legal Services, Education and Healthcare to former slaves
What is the FREEDMAN’S BUREAU
Dallas-based hospital that worked with local schools to provide healthcare to teachers for a monthly fee of $6
Largest survey up to the 1930s that focused on chronic disease and disability to help reform health care including the underlying social and economic factors that affect health
What is the National Health Survey