https://macropaperwarehouse.com/authors/marcella-alsan/Marcella AlsanHugo -- gohugo.ioen-ushttps://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/why-doesnt-the-united-states-have-national-health-insurance-the-political-role-of-the-american-medical-association/https://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/why-doesnt-the-united-states-have-national-health-insurance-the-political-role-of-the-american-medical-association/<p>This paper investigates a critical juncture in the development of national health insurance (NHI) in the United States: the post-World War II period when most peer nations moved to establish comprehensive public coverage while the U.S. did not. The authors examine the causal role of the American Medical Association (AMA), which in 1949 hired Whitaker &amp; Baxter&rsquo;s Campaigns, Inc. — the country&rsquo;s first political public relations firm — to direct a nationwide campaign opposing NHI and promoting private (voluntary) health insurance (PHI).</p>