The United States of America, a nation that prides itself as the only remaining superpower, has been wanting in tangible, sustainable, widely-accepted universal coverage for all persons with illness.
For decades since 1916 when Yale Economist declared the United States as having the "distinction of being the only great industrialized country" that has no universal health coverage, the country has seen promises made by politicians coincide year after year when official reports on the huge disparity of individual Americans with access to health care came to fore.
Perhaps the most influential social reformer and advocate for universal insurance is Isaac Max Rubinow. He was a Russian Jew who emigrated to the US at the age of 18.
He studied at New York Medical School that earned him his MD. The practice of medicine did not give him the satisfaction of allowing numerous impoverished patients suffer without the benefit of proper healthcare or
Rubinow's influence can be felt until now where the need for quality health care has progressively increased. Adequate healthcare coverage whether socially-subsidized or privately acquired by individual Americans is important to ensure productivity and optimize the well-being of every member of our society.
Universal Health Care (Opposing Viewpoints)
For decades since 1916 when Yale Economist declared the United States as having the "distinction of being the only great industrialized country" that has no universal health coverage, the country has seen promises made by politicians coincide year after year when official reports on the huge disparity of individual Americans with access to health care came to fore.
Perhaps the most influential social reformer and advocate for universal insurance is Isaac Max Rubinow. He was a Russian Jew who emigrated to the US at the age of 18.
He studied at New York Medical School that earned him his MD. The practice of medicine did not give him the satisfaction of allowing numerous impoverished patients suffer without the benefit of proper healthcare or
medical attention primarily because of their lack of health insurance.
It is through his exposure with the poorest among the poor during his time that prompted him to focus on social and economic issues that will have a greater impact for the masses.
Rubinow's work was most impressive for several generations of social reformers among which is President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt drafted the Progressive Party platform in reference to his work, Social Insurance.
A group of economists composed of Louis Brandeis, Jane Addams, Woodrow Wilson and Rubinow formed the Committee on Social Insurance. Rubinow hoped for the eradication of "sickness insurance" and its place the committee proposed fo Universal Healthcare coverage be enacted into law.
In 1915 the Journal of American Medical Association was quoted as having written tht "“No other social movement in modern economic development is so pregnant with benefit to the public.”
How Socialized Health Care Will Radically Change America - Why Universal Health Care Will Create a Political Hegemony as In Sweden
A group of economists composed of Louis Brandeis, Jane Addams, Woodrow Wilson and Rubinow formed the Committee on Social Insurance. Rubinow hoped for the eradication of "sickness insurance" and its place the committee proposed fo Universal Healthcare coverage be enacted into law.
In 1915 the Journal of American Medical Association was quoted as having written tht "“No other social movement in modern economic development is so pregnant with benefit to the public.”
How Socialized Health Care Will Radically Change America - Why Universal Health Care Will Create a Political Hegemony as In Sweden
Rubinow's bill was placed in Congress the following year for debate.
Rubinow's influence can be felt until now where the need for quality health care has progressively increased. Adequate healthcare coverage whether socially-subsidized or privately acquired by individual Americans is important to ensure productivity and optimize the well-being of every member of our society.
Universal Health Care (Opposing Viewpoints)
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