The History of Medicine

This week, we wrap up our episodes about health insurance by talking about the United States, and its rather complex mix of health insurance and delivery systems.Check out our website!E-mail me!Say hi on Facebook! Transcripts and Sources here!

This week, we cross the ocean to Canada, where the first nationalized health insurance was set up. It started in a province called Saskatchewan, and gained in popularity until it became a national program. Check out our website!E-mail me!Say hi on Facebook! Transcripts and Sources here!

This week, we learn about the Beveridge model, where a government fully runs the healthcare system. The earliest national attempts at such efforts start in the Soviet Union, but they are really implemented effectively by the Brits, culminating in the National Health Service. Check out our website!E-mail me!Say hi on Facebook! Transcripts and Sources here!

This week, we'll keep talking about health insurance. Two more really important government interventions lead to the further adaption of health insurance systems, one in Russia, and one in Germany. Check out our website!E-mail me!Say hi on Facebook! Transcripts and Sources here!

This week, we'll learn about the beginnings of health insurance. It's an annoying, but vital part of modern healthcare systems. It starts with informal community-organized societies, that basically were health insurance.Check out our website!E-mail me!Say hi on Facebook! Transcripts and Sources here!

This week, a whole bunch of scientists help figure out how vitamins and minerals work. That gets applied to preventing and curing lots of deficiency related diseases, like rickets, and saves/improves many lives. Check out our website!E-mail me!Say hi on Facebook! Transcripts and Sources here!

This week, we'll learn about how modern voluntary health organizations got started, by looking at the history of the National Tuberculosis Association. They pioneered fundraising techniques, created massive education campaigns, and basically established the playbook these organizations use to this day. Donate to the American Lung Association!Check out our website!E-mail me!Say hi on Facebook! Transcripts and Sources here!

This week, we learn about some ways in the late 1800s to early 1900s that child welfare was improved. Milk gets a lot less dangerous, parents learn how to parent, and children are actually checked up on and fed, all very good things. Check out our website!E-mail me!Say hi on Facebook! Transcripts and Sources here!

This week, we see the practical effects of all the new science that we've been talking about for ages. We talk about Dr. William H Park, and Dr. Anna Williams, who were pioneers in applying the new discoveries to improve public health. And we talk about the big picture improvements as such practices spread. Check out our website!E-mail me!Say hi on Facebook!Transcripts and Sources here!

This week, we learn more about how immunization works, with the help of a whole lotta animal testing. All this improves the creation of vaccines, and opens up new treatment options. Check out our website!E-mail me!Say hi on Facebook! Transcripts and Sources here!