The Development of the Health Insurance System of the United States

本研究考察了20世纪50年代到60年代美国医疗保险的变化。它具体分析了什么样的政治因素使得医疗保险和医疗补助计划获得通过。除其他因素外，本研究特别关注退伍军人公共卫生保健和贫困政策的作用。我把2008年的大部分研究时间都花在了收集一手资料和二手资料上。特别是，我在华盛顿特区的研究是成功的，因为我有关于美国退伍军人协会的旧材料，这是一个退伍军人组织。利用2008年收集的材料，我在2009年写了三篇文章。

This study examines how health insurance in the United States changed from the 1950s to the 1960s. It specifically analyzes what kind of political factors made Medicare and Medicaid passed. Along with other factors, this study pays special attention to the role of public health care for war veterans and poverty policy. I spent most of my research time of year 2008 for collecting the primary and secondary resource. In particular, my research in Washington, D.C.was successful by having old materials concerning the American Legion, a veterans' organization. With the materials collected in 2008, I wrote three articles in 2009.