Making Medicare
New Perspectives on the History of Medicare in Canada
Published on 14. December 2012
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-1-4426-4535-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Canadian health care system is so indisputably tied to our national identity that its founder, Tommy Douglas, was voted the greatest Canadian of all time in a CBC television contest. However, very little has been written to date on how Medicare as we know it was developed and implemented. This collection fills a serious gap in the existing literature by providing a comprehensive policy history of Medicare in Canada.Making Medicare features explorations of the experiments that predated the federal government's decision to implement the Saskatchewan health care model, from Newfoundland's cottage hospital system to Bennettcare in British Columbia. It also includes essays by key individuals (including health practitioners and two premiers) who played a role in the implementation of Medicare and the landmark Royal Commission on Health Services. Along with political scientists, policy specialists, medical historians, and health practitioners, this collection will appeal to anyone interested in the history and legacy of one of Canada's most visible and centrally important institutions.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
17 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-4535-6 (9781442645356)
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Person
Gregory P. Marchildon is Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Economic History and a professor in the Johnson-Shoyama School of Public Policy at the University of Regina. He is also the author of Health Systems in Transition (UTP/WHO).
Content
Preface 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)