National health insurance in the United States and Canada
Subtitle: race, territory, and the roots of difference
By: Gerard W. Boychuk.
Series: American governance and public policy series; American governance and public policy
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781589012066
Subjects: National health insurance -- United States -- History -- 20th century; National health insurance -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index.
Table of contents: title: Similar beginnings, different contexts, 1910-40; title: Failure of reform in the Truman era, 1943-52; title: The medicare package, 1957-65; title: Race and the Clinton reforms; title: Federal failure, provincial success: reform in Canada, 1945-49; title: National public hospital insurance and medical care insurance in Saskatchewan, 1950-62; title: Medical care insurance in Canada, 1962-84; title: The iconic status of health care in Canada, 1984-2008; title: Contemporary public health insurance in the United States and Canada; title: Conclusions and implications.