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

by Gerard W. Boychuk

Book Overview

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