Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Fraternal Society Health Insurance

Here is a fascinating piece about the history of American health care, which was once a service of many fraternal societies. From what I've seen, fraternal societies tend to be stuffy and insular groups, although not all of them are; I don't think I'd want to go back to this system. But it does suggest strongly that non-government, non-corporate entities can assemble a way to provide health care to people. That's promising.

If we could come up with something similar, but hopefully more inclusive and widespread ... I'd be interested in that. The challenge would be to prevent the too-powerful American Medical Association from destroying it again. (This is not the first time they've stamped out something beneficial for their own profit or aggrandizement, or the second, or the fifth.) Those of you who are not fans of government health care might want to look into this.
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