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National health insurance in the United States and Canada : race, territory, and the roots of difference
- Title
- National health insurance in the United States and Canada : race, territory, and the roots of difference / Gerard W. Boychuk.
- Author
- Boychuk, Gerard William, 1967-
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2008], ©2008.
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- Description
- xxii, 234 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- American governance and public policy series
- Uniform Title
- American governance and public policy.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. I. Introduction and Context -- 1. Explaining Health Insurance in the United States and Canada -- 2. Similar Beginnings, Different Contexts, 1910-40 -- Pt. II. Public Health Insurance in the United States -- 3. Failure of Reform in the Truman Era, 1943-52 -- 4. The Medicare Package, 1957-65 -- 5. Race and the Clinton Reforms -- Pt. III. Public Health Insurance in Canada -- 6. Federal Failure, Provincial Success - Reform in Canada, 1945-49 -- 7. National Public Hospital Insurance and Medical Care Insurance in Saskatchewan, 1950-62 -- 8. Medical Care Insurance in Canada, 1962-84 -- 9. The Iconic Status of Health Care in Canada, 1984-2008 -- Pt. IV. Conclusions -- 10. Contemporary Public Health Insurance in the United States and Canada -- 11. Conclusions and Implications.
- ISBN
- 9781589012066 (alk. paper)
- 1589012062 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007045440
- OCLC
- ocn180907894
- 180907894
- SCSB-5421567
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries