How the AMA's Post-WWII Campaign Undermined National Health Insurance in the United States
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Alsan, Marcella, Neberai, Yousra
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Summary
This study examines how the American Medical Association (AMA) shaped the U.S. health insurance system after World War II by launching a nationwide campaign to weaken support for National Health Insurance. Working with the political PR firm Campaigns, Inc., the AMA framed public health insurance as "socialized medicine" while simultaneously promoting private health insurance enrollment. Using newly assembled archival data, the research finds that greater exposure to the campaign reduced public support for a national health insurance system.
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Working with the political public relations firm Campaigns, Inc., the AMA launched a nationwide campaign to weaken support for National Health Insurance by framing it as 'socialized medicine'
Drawing on newly assembled archival data, we find that greater exposure to the campaign...
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