The desire for universal healthcare has been a social movement that America has been striving for since even before the 20th century. Universal healthcare and insurance coverage is something America is still striving for. After reading Healthcare Reform and Social Movements in the United States by Beatrix Hoffman, the struggle for national healthcare was clearly displayed. The first instance of social movement towards universal healthcare was expressed in this article in the year 1904. “The Socialist Party had endorsed a compulsory system as early as 1904, and in 1912 Theodore Roosevelts insurgent Progressive Party included a health insurance plank in its campaign platform.( Hoffman, 2003).” It is now the year 2017, one hundred and thirteen
