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The first national conference on "social insurance."

1913

HPI
MED

At a conference organized by the American Association for Labor Legislation (AALL) progressive reformers argue for health insurance and begin gaining public support.

They are faced by opposition from physicians and other interest groups, and the entry of the U.S. into WWI in 1917 will undermine these reform efforts.