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Not really though. Not in the way it does today. Medicine up to 1900 was largely ineffective. And most of what we consider modern medicine has its roots in the
by DubiousPusher 6y ago
Not really though. Not in the way it does today. Medicine up to 1900 was largely ineffective. And most of what we consider modern medicine has its roots in the 1940s. Which coincidentally is about the same time employer provided health insurance started becoming common.
- notsureaboutpg 6y agoI agree to some degree about how standardized and effective medicine is now. But it's not at all true that medicine up to 1900 was largely ineffective... Medicine even way way back in ancient times was pretty effective (not the level it is now but neither was it "largely ineffective" that's just not historically true).
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- goatcode 6y agoMany procedures that are common between today and circa 1960s have grown exponentially in cost. It was about this time that public insurance became a thing, and private insurance approximately the same time, in terms of actual usage. The median cost to individuals has gone up significantly since any insurance was mandated.