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DESCRIPTION:Marcella Alsan (Harvard Kennedy School)\, “Why Doesn’t the Unit
 ed States Have National Health Insurance? The Role of the American Medical
  Association”\, Behavior\, Institutions\, and Development Seminar\, Decemb
 er 5\, 2024\, 11:00–12:30\, room Auditorium 5.\n\nThis study revisits a cr
 itical juncture in the development of national health insurance (NHI)\nin 
 the United States in the post-World War II era. We investigate the role of
  the American Medi-\ncal Association (AMA) which financed a campaign again
 st NHI that was directed by the coun-\ntry’s first political public relati
 ons firm\, Whitaker & Baxter’s\nCampaigns\, Inc\n. The Campaign had\ntwo k
 ey components: (1) physician outreach to patients and civic organizations\
 ; and (2) mass\nadvertising that tied private insurance to “freedom” and “
 the American way.” We bring to-\ngether archival data from several novel s
 ources documenting Campaign strategy and intensity.\nWe find a one standar
 d deviation increase in Campaign exposure explains about 20% of the\nincre
 ase in private health insurance enrollment and a similar decline in public
  opinion support\nfor legislation enacting NHI. We also find evidence that
  the Campaign influenced the narrative\nfor how legislators described heal
 th insurance\, leading Republicans to use speech similar to\nthe Campaign.
  These findings suggest the rise of private health insurance in the U.S. w
 as not\nsolely due to wartime wage freezes\, collective bargaining\, or fa
 vorable tax treatment. Rather\, it\nwas also enabled by an interest group-
 financed Campaign that used ideology to influence the\nbehavior and views 
 of ordinary citizens.
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LOCATION:December 5\, 2024\, 11:00–12:30\, room Auditorium 5
SUMMARY:Behavior\, Institutions\, and Development Seminar
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.tse-fr.eu/seminars/2024-why-doesnt-united-states-h
 ave-national-health-insurance-role-american-medical-association
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