GEORGE EMERY
J.C. HERBERT EMERY
Series: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health and Society
Copyright Date: 1999
Published
by: McGill-Queen's University Press
Pages: 208
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7zt6k
Book Description:
Using cliometric methods and records from six grand-lodge archives, A Young Man's Benefit rejects the conventional wisdom about friendly societies and sickness insurance, arguing that IOOF lodges were financially sound institutions, were more efficient than commercial insurers, and met a market demand headed by young men who lacked alternatives to market insurance, not older men who had an above-average risk of sickness disability.
eISBN: 978-0-7735-6765-8
Subjects: Health Sciences