1950 healthcare

How Did People Pay For Health Care Before Insurance?

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How Did People Pay For Health Care Before Insurance? Predating private health insurance were efforts at government-sponsored coverage for workplace injury and a tradition of industrial sickness funds. The Great Depression led hospitals and then physicians to implement forms of insurance as means to ensure payment for services. How did people pay for healthcare? Spending

How Much Was Health Insurance In 1965?

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How Much Was Health Insurance In 1965? More than 70 percent of the population had some form of hospital insurance by 1965 (though less than one-half of the elderly population did), 67 percent had surgical in- surance, and there was a growing market for major medical insurance (Health Insur- ance Institute, 1980). How much did