IX. The Ability to Pay for Illness

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents XIII
4. Introduction XV
5. I. Medical Practice in 1890 and in 1930 1
6. II. Modern Medical Diagnosis and Its Requirements 21
7. III. Our Medical Resources 35
8. IV. The General Practice of Medicine 50
9. V. Specialists and Group Medicine 64
10. VI. Group Health Services 79
11. VII. The Workmen’s Compensation Acts 94
12. VIII. The Income of Physicians 114
13. IX. The Ability to Pay for Illness 132
14. X. Health Insurance in Continental Europe 141
15. XI. Health Insurance in the British Isles 158
16. XII. Medical Needs in the United States 180
17. XIII. Some Suggested Methods of Improvement 207
18. XIV. Laissez Faire or Compulsion 224
19. XV. Where Do We Go from Here? 252
20. Notes 285
21. Bibliography 293
22. Index 301