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National health insurance in the United States and Canada : race, territory, and the roots of difference / Gerard W. Boychuk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boychuk, Gerard William, 1967-
- Series:
- American governance and public policy
- American governance and public policy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National health insurance--United States--History--20th century.
- National health insurance.
- National health insurance--Canada--History--20th century.
- National Health Insurance, United States--history.
- History.
- Canada.
- United States.
- History, 20th Century.
- History, 21st Century.
- Politics.
- Race Relations--history.
- Single-Payer System--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- National Health Insurance, United States--history.
- Canada.
- United States.
- History, 20th Century.
- History, 21st Century.
- Politics.
- Race Relations--history.
- Single-Payer System--history.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Explaining health insurance in the United States and Canada
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781589012066
- 1589012062
- OCLC:
- 180907894
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