The nineteenth-century double movement signifies two political responses to the expansion of the medical market.  The first response comes from classical liberalists who believed that individuals should have the free choice to choose who their caregiver is when they are sick.  With this ideology, the market would be able to regulate itself.  The second response, or countermovement, originated from social protectionists.  These social protectionists were physicians seeking shelter from a market that could be entered by anyone at anytime.  Both the liberalists and the protectionists agree that the consumer has the free choice of who their medical advisor is.  Liberalists however, believe that consumers can choose anyone with a medical background while protectionists believe that the consumer should choose an advisor from their standardized and legitimized medical society.  In other words, liberalists state that consumers have the right to choose who they want advice from concerning their health while protectionists state that the consumer can choose their advisor so long as this advisor is a member of their medical community.

 

2.  Social insurance is where people are qualified for sickness funds only when they are working and contributing wages into the centralized insurance scheme.  Whereas welfare programs provide financial assistance to persons unable to support themselves alone and these persons do not contribute to a centralized insurance scheme.  The welfare program is a charity, whereas social insurance is not.  Both social insurance and the welfare program provide funds to persons who are sick.

 

3.  Let the buyer trust, credat emptor, recognizes a relationship between physicians and patients.  The patients are expected to trust the skills and opinions of the physician.  It also compels physicians to follow a set of ethical duties and roles.  Let the buyer beware, caveat emptor,