MBI 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Health Insurance Mandate, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Influenza Pandemic
12 Sep 2016
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Influenza pandemic of 1918-19: observed in us soldiers in kansas 1918 pandemic, 80% of us army casualties in wwi from flu, slowed german advances in france wwi, 20 to 100 million people died in 18 months. Us life expectancy: steadily improving from 1900-1960 except for 1918 there was a rapid drop. Health resource development in the us 1910-60: continued development of public works infrastructure, expansion of hospitals and healthcare professionals, increased funding for biomedical research. Due to wage restrictions employers used health insurance to lure workers basis of our employer provided health insurance system. Healthcare in the us social engineering phase (1960-1974: employer provided private insurance became the standard method of payment. Medicare: covers more than 48 million people, federal health insurance program for people who are 65+ or for people of any age with kidney failure and certain disabilities, contributory program paid for through wage taxes.
