TY - BOOK AU - Boychuk,Gerard William TI - National health insurance in the United States and Canada: race, territory, and the roots of difference T2 - American governance and public policy series SN - 9781589012066 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - RA412.2 .B69 2008 U1 - 368.42/ 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Georgetown University Press KW - National health insurance KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Canada KW - National Health Insurance, United States KW - history KW - History, 20th Century KW - History, 21st Century KW - Politics KW - Race Relations KW - Single-Payer System N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index; Similar beginnings, different contexts, 1910-40 -- Failure of reform in the Truman era, 1943-52 -- The medicare package, 1957-65 -- Race and the Clinton reforms -- Federal failure, provincial success: reform in Canada, 1945-49 -- National public hospital insurance and medical care insurance in Saskatchewan, 1950-62 -- Medical care insurance in Canada, 1962-84 -- The iconic status of health care in Canada, 1984-2008 -- Contemporary public health insurance in the United States and Canada -- Conclusions and implications UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip084/2007045440.html ER -