National health insurance in the United States and Canada: race, territory, and the roots of difference

Abstract

Preface Part I: Introduction and Context 1. Explaining Health Insurance in the United States and Canada 2. Similar Beginnings, Different Contexts, 1910-40 Part 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 Part 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 Part IV: Conclusions 10. Contemporary Public Health Insurance in the United States and Canada 11. Conclusions and Implications Notes References Index