Editing Rupert Blue (section)

===Universal sickness insurance===
Blue in 1916 as his dual role as U.S. surgeon general and president [[American Medical Association | American Medical Association]], promoted health insurance, noting the risks to 30 million workers. <ref name="History"> </ref>
* “Experience has shown that an adequate health insurance system should distribute the cost of sickness among those responsible for conditions causing it and thereby lighten the burden on the individual. Financial incentive may thus be given for the inauguration of comprehensive measures for the prevention of disease.”<ref name="History">{{cite web |last1=Richardson |first1=Sarah |title=Public health doctor Rupert Blue helped defeat outbreaks of plague and a plethora of deadly diseases |url=https://www.historynet.com/americas-heroic-microbe-hunter/ |website=HistoryNet |access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref>