How a 1947 Labor Law Created America's Health Insurance Web
The Taft-Hartley Act didn't just reshape union power—it accidentally created a healthcare system that covers millions of American workers today through multi-employer plans.
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When War Created America's Healthcare Revolution
How a 1942 wartime wage freeze accidentally birthed the employer-sponsored health insurance system that still defines American healthcare today.
The Shipyard Doctor Who Revolutionized American Healthcare
How Dr. Sidney Garfield's radical experiment treating Kaiser shipyard workers in the 1940s created the blueprint for modern managed care and changed medicine forever.
When Companies First Decided Your Health Was Their Business
In the 1970s, a handful of forward-thinking corporations began experimenting with something radical: keeping employees healthy before they got sick.
When Doctors First Had to Ask Permission
The 1970s healthcare cost crisis sparked a revolution that changed medicine forever: utilization review, where bureaucrats began questioning doctors' decisions in real time.
How World War II Created American Health Insurance
Wage controls during WWII sparked the rapid growth of Blue Cross and Blue Shield, transforming how Americans get healthcare coverage and creating the employer-based system we know today.
The Day America Changed Healthcare Forever
On July 30, 1965, LBJ signed Medicare and Medicaid into law, fundamentally reshaping American healthcare and forcing employers to rethink their benefits strategy overnight.