American Medical Association And American Federal Government Medical Reform During1930s-1960s

On the night of March21st,2010,United States House of Representatives voted220to211in the Senate health care bill.Then,President Obama signed health reform bill.Itmeans a lot to America.Before that,America was the only country which has no forms ofnational compulsory health insurance.Since the beginning of the20thcentury,American’shealthcare reformers made untiring effort to make the legislation of National HealthcareInsurance,but repeatedly failed. Why the way of American healthcare reform sohard?Scholars pay more attention on American Medical Association.AMA is the leaderof the opponents in medical reform. The historic and well-moneyed AMA worried thatthe bad influence of the healthcare reform,so the association prevented reform through avariety of measures. Until1965,AMA was completely success,it impeded any forms ofnational compulsory health insurance.The essay will be arranged in three chapters. Chapter I is the introduction of thebackground of the American medical reform in1930s—1960s and the origin anddevelopment of AMA. Chapter II was divided in three parts, examines the politicalactivities carried out by the AMA to resist national health care reform in Rooseveltadministration, Truman administration, Kennedy administration and Johnsonadministration. Take this analyze the influence of AMA in medical reform. Chapter IIIchief analyze the influence of AMA, and the enlightenment form American medicalreform.