National Health Insurance in the United States and Canada: Race, Territory, and the Roots of Difference

by Gerard W. Boychuk

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1589012062

ISBN13:9781589012066

Release Date:July 2008

Publisher:Georgetown University Press

Length:258 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Administration & Medicine Economics Administration & Policy Business Business & Finance Business & Investing Comparative Politics Criminal Law Economics Government Health

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