Who started health care and how was health care then?
American Medical Association (AMA) becomes a powerful national force.
In 1901, AMA reorganizes as the national organization of state and local associations. Membership increases from about 8,000 physicians in 1900 to 70,000 in 1910 -- half the physicians in the country. This period is the beginning of "organized medicine."
Surgery is now common, especially for removing tumors, infected tonsils, appendectomies, and gynecological operations.
Doctors are no longer expected to provide free services to all hospital patients.
America lags behind European countries in finding value in insuring against the costs of sickness.
Railroads are the leading industry to develop extensive employee medical
deprograms.
http://www.pbs.org/healthcarecrisis/history.htm
Health Care in 1901 to me seems like it was the golden days for most patients who didn't have to pay for procedures. Doctors was more than willing to help hospitals out but when realise damnds got higher money was going to be needed for the labor.
It seem to me that the people got sicker over time as well as more damnading for a better health life which made the doctors want sumthing back for all the hard services they do for a living.
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