{"product_id":"making-medicare-9781442613454","title":"Making Medicare","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection fills a serious gap in the existing literature by providing a comprehensive policy history of Medicare in Canada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Making Medicare fills a void [in the history of Canadian medicine]. Contributors in a series of essays recount the Canadian struggle for public health insurance. The result is insightful and surprising – like the story of the \"cottage hospitals\" of Newfoundland \u0026amp; Labrador.\" -- Holly Doan * Blacklocks Reporter, March 21, 2020 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements  Gregory P. Marchildon (The University of Regina)   * Canadian Medicare: Why History Matters  Gregory P. Marchildon   Part One: National History of Medicare   * The Foundations of National Public Hospital Insurance  Aleck Ostry (University of Victoria) * Into Thin Air: Making National Health Policy, 1939-45  Heather MacDougall (University of Waterloo) * The Liberal Party and the Achievement of National Medicare  P.E. Bryden (University of Victoria) * After Medicare: Regionalization and Canadian Health Care Reform  Terry Boychuk (Macalester College)   Part Two: Individual Provincial Histories of Medicare   * Four Precursors of Medicare in Saskatchewan  C. Stuart Houston and Merle Massie (University of Saskatchewan) * The Road Not Taken: The 1945 Health Services Planning Commission Proposals and Physician Remuneration in Saskatchewan  Gordon S. Lawson (Public Works and Government Services Canada) * The Hoadley Commission (1932-34) and Health Insurance in Alberta  Robert Lampard (University of Alberta) * From Bennettcare to Medicare: The Morphing of Medical Care Insurance in British Columbia  Gregory P. Marchildon and Nicole C. O'Byrne (University of New Brunswick) * Newfoundland's Cottage Hospital System, 1920-1970  Gordon S. Lawson and Andrew F. Noseworthy (Former Deputy Clerk and Associate Secretary to Cabinet, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador) * The State and For-Profit Hospitals in Quebec, 1961-1975  Aline Charles (Universite Laval) and Francois Guerard (Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi)   Part Three: Other Perspectives   * The Struggle to Implement Medicare  Allan Blakeney (former Premier of Saskatchewan) * Working for Medicare  Betsy Bury (Saskatoon Community Clinic) * A Physician on the Front Line of Medicare  John Bury * My Experience in the Medicare Battle and the Woods Commission  Roy Romanow (former Premier of Saskatchewan) * A Brief Retrospective on the Royal Commission on Health Services  Jack Boan (University of Regina) * Political Cartoonists Respond to Medicare  Felicity Pope   Conclusion   * A New Prescription: Adding Historical Analysis to Health Policy  Heather MacDougall (University of Waterloo)","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515743822167,"sku":"9781442613454","price":33.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-medicare-9781442613454","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}