PBS- Healthcare Crisis: Healthcare Timeline: "American hospitals are now modern scientific institutions, valuing antispetics and cleanliness, and using medications for the relief of pain.
1910s
American Association for Labor Legislation (AALL) organizes first national conference on 'social insurance'.
Progressive reformers argue for health insurance, seems to be gaining support.
Opposition from physicians and other interest groups, and the entry of the US into the war in 1917 undermine reform effort."
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