The origin of social medical insurance

Medical insurance originated in western Europe and can be traced back to the Middle Ages. With the success of the bourgeois revolution, family workshops were replaced by large industries, and modern industrial teams emerged. Due to the harsh working environment, epidemics and industrial accidents, workers need corresponding medical care. But their wages are low, and it is difficult for individuals to pay medical expenses. Therefore, many local workers spontaneously organized themselves to raise some money for their expenses when they were sick. But this form is not very stable, and the scope is small, and the ability to resist risks is very low. /kloc-at the end of 0/8 and the beginning of 09, private insurance developed in western Europe and became an important way for the country to raise medical funds.