Whiskey Rebellion 022: Healthcare History Edition

With the Republican healthcare plan making its way throught the Senate, Frank and David step back to look at the history of healthcare in the United States, including:

• Why Franklin Pierce thought the federal government shouldn't fund insane asylums
• Why the AMA opposed healthcare as a part of Social Security
• Why health insurance and employment became linked
• Why health care reform has been a perennial topic over the past several decades

Last Drops

Frank: Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History and the programs they sponsor for American teachers.

David: The Stonewall Inn (and the Phil Sheridan statue outside)

 

Check out the new outro credits by Edinburgh doctoral student Catherine Bateson (thanks, Catherine!)