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The American Medical Association Social Insurance Committee considers a compulsory state system.

1916

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A report released by the committee admits that “compulsory insurance by the state can alone solve these economic problems of the very poor and release the unfortunate physician" (Schlabach).

The debate will be waged for several years before the American Medical Association (AMA) comes out against state-run insurance in 1920, saying that "compulsory" insurance would interfere with an individual's right to determine their own health care.