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American Public Media's "Marketplace" - March 26, 2010
Posted Mar 26, 2010 -- webcomm
Media Outlet:
American Public Media's "Marketplace"
"Marketplace" explored the history surrounding U.S. health care reform with William Dubin of Temple's School of Medicine, starting with a proposal for universal health insurance for the working class in 1915. The proposal emerged from Teddy Roosevelt's 1912 presidential campaign platform. "This was the first time in the United States somebody actually put together a proposal looking at health care. And the paper that came out said, 'You know, let's pay the doctors and hospitals, let's have insurance that will pay doctors and hospitals, sick pay, maternity and death benefits,'" said Dubin.