American healthcare history

The History of Racial Disparities and Discrimination in the U.S. ...

Historically, Racial and Ethnic Minorities have received less medical care than White patients in healthcare settings.

Timeline: American Foundations and the History of Public Health

This timeline looks at selected key inflection points in the history of American foundations' engagement with public health.

The Everlasting Problem (2020) : Throughline - NPR

Health insurance for millions of Americans is dependent on their jobs. But it's not like that everywhere. So how did the US end up with such a fragile system?

Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare | Join Us

We're working to protect and strengthen 24/7 access to high-quality hospital care. Learn about the threats to America's hospitals, and how you can help.

Medicaid.gov: The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicaid and ...

CMCS serves as the focal point for all national programs relating to Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

A brief history of racism in healthcare - The World Economic Forum

In the US, UK and elsewhere, COVID-19 is hitting Black and other ethnic minority groups hardest – creating a renewed focus on racism in ...

Why Are Americans Paying More for Healthcare?

What's more, rising healthcare spending is a key driver of America's unsustainable national debt, and high healthcare costs also make it ...

Health Care in America: A History - Oxford Academic

Burnham divides the history of health care in America into three epochs. The premodern epoch stretched from the initial permanent settlement of ...

History | Emory School of Medicine

Emory School of Medicine honors, acknowledges, recognizes and celebrates African American physicians for their leadership, scholarship and service.

The Coming Collapse of the U.S. Health Care System | TIME

The nursing strike in New York is emblematic of the huge stresses the U.S. health care faces coming out of the pandemic. ... History · Sports ...

6 Important Figures in U.S. Healthcare | AdventHealth University

While the current administration works to improve America's first attempt at universal healthcare, history will remember former President ...

The History of the National Health Law Program

1965 – The Medicare and Medicaid Act ... On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Social Security Act Amendments, popularly known as the ...

Kaiser Permanente History | Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson ...

1945. Kaiser Health Plan opens to the public, with modern hospitals and an efficient medical model presenting a dramatic improvement in American healthcare.

Failure to launch: A short history of health care reform in the United ...

Finally, considering past reforms and the role of American values, this paper will speculate on the future of health care reform in America. Page 6. FAILURE TO ...

Understanding the US Health Care Industry as a Commercial ...

The US spent nearly 18% of its gross domestic product on health care in 2021, and it spends far more on health care per capita than other ...

Twenty-First Century Health Care Challenges in the United States

Despite the United States being a world leader in health care research and innovation, many Americans find themselves with no or inadequate ...

How has the quality of the U.S. healthcare system changed over time?

From 2003 to 2013, the mortality rate for deaths amenable to healthcare in the US declined by about 17 percent. More recently, the rate has ...

The Social Transformation of American Medicine by Paul Starr

“A monumental achievement” (New York Times) and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of ...

American medicine was built on the backs of slaves. And it still ...

Doctors must grapple with this racist history to improve our medical care. A statue of J.

Advancing Better Health Through Better Understanding for Black ...

Celebrate Black History Month 2024 ... This brief bibliography contains resources focused on health and healthcare for Black and African Americans ...