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Medicare in Canada is not only this country's most treasured social programme, it has become a defining national characteristic. This book describes the emergence of Medicare. It identifies the crucial contribution of political courage and leadership in achieving a single-payer, publicly funded system.

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"Written in the clear, confident style of an authority describing a process he knows intimately." Robert Fulford, Saturday Night "A brilliant analysis of health policy-making at federal and provincial levels ... well-informed, insightful, thought-provoking, and fun to read." Carl Meilike and Jan Storch, University of Alberta "A lucid, astute, sympathetic, exciting, and scholarly account and assessment o events and of the people and forces which shaped the." John F. Hastings, University of Toronto "A highly readable, rich, historical account which covers a vast area and draws upon an impressive array of research material." Keith G. Banting, University of British Columbia

Health Insurance and Canadian Public Policy

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    A Hardback by Malcolm G. Taylor, Allan Maslove

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      Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
      Publication Date: 01/04/2009
      ISBN13: 9780773535664, 978-0773535664
      ISBN10: 773535667
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Medicare in Canada is not only this country's most treasured social programme, it has become a defining national characteristic. This book describes the emergence of Medicare. It identifies the crucial contribution of political courage and leadership in achieving a single-payer, publicly funded system.

      Trade Review
      "Written in the clear, confident style of an authority describing a process he knows intimately." Robert Fulford, Saturday Night "A brilliant analysis of health policy-making at federal and provincial levels ... well-informed, insightful, thought-provoking, and fun to read." Carl Meilike and Jan Storch, University of Alberta "A lucid, astute, sympathetic, exciting, and scholarly account and assessment o events and of the people and forces which shaped the." John F. Hastings, University of Toronto "A highly readable, rich, historical account which covers a vast area and draws upon an impressive array of research material." Keith G. Banting, University of British Columbia

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