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National Health Insurance in the United States and Canada
Gerard William Boychuk
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Description for National Health Insurance in the United States and Canada
Paperback. After World War II, the US and Canada struck out on divergent paths to public health insurance. This work probes the historical development of health care in each country, honing in on the social and political aspects of each country, and the politics of race in the US and territorial politics in Canada. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JPB; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
After World War II, the United States and Canada, two countries that were very similar in many ways, struck out on radically divergent paths to public health insurance. Canada developed a universal single-payer system of national health care, while the United States opted for a dual system that combines public health insurance for low-income and senior residents with private, primarily employer-provided health insurance - or no insurance - for everyone else.In "National Health Insurance in the United States and Canada", Gerard W. Boychuk probes the historical development of health care in each country, honing in on the most distinctive social ... Read more
After World War II, the United States and Canada, two countries that were very similar in many ways, struck out on radically divergent paths to public health insurance. Canada developed a universal single-payer system of national health care, while the United States opted for a dual system that combines public health insurance for low-income and senior residents with private, primarily employer-provided health insurance - or no insurance - for everyone else.In "National Health Insurance in the United States and Canada", Gerard W. Boychuk probes the historical development of health care in each country, honing in on the most distinctive social ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
American Governance and Public Policy Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589012066
SKU
V9781589012066
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About Gerard William Boychuk
Gerard W. Boychuk is director of global governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He is also a research fellow of the Institute for Advanced Policy Research at the University of Calgary.
Reviews for National Health Insurance in the United States and Canada
"Boychuk is a bold revisionist, challenging received wisdom about what explains the divergent paths Canada and the United States have taken in the past four decades in financing and administering medical care. Race relations
and Quebec's special place in Canada
are crucial in ways others have not emphasized, which makes his book a worthy addition to the literature."
Theodore Marmor, Yale University"In this ... Read more
and Quebec's special place in Canada
are crucial in ways others have not emphasized, which makes his book a worthy addition to the literature."
Theodore Marmor, Yale University"In this ... Read more