Screen LibraryNational health insurance in the United States and Canada：race, territory, and the roots of difference
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Published: |
Georgetown University Press,
|
| Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
American governance and public policy series |
| Subjects: | |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 234 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781589012066 (pbk.) 1589012062 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F847 |
| CLC: |
F847.116.2-09 F847.126.2-09 F847.109 |
| Call Number: | F847.109/B789 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index. Similar beginnings, different contexts, 1910-40 -- Failure of reform in the Truman era, 1943-52 -- The medicare package, 1957-65 -- Race and the Clinton reforms -- Federal failure, provincial success: reform in Canada, 1945-49 -- National public hospital insurance and medical care insurance in Saskatchewan, 1950-62 -- Medical care insurance in Canada, 1962-84 -- The iconic status of health care in Canada, 1984-2008 -- Contemporary public health insurance in the United States and Canada -- Conclusions and implications. |