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AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsCh. 1The United States and Canada in Comparative Context3Ch. 2Parties and Institutions in Health Politics14Ch. 3The 1930s: Early Impasse in Health Reform32Ch. 4The 1940s: False Starts and Failures of Postwar Health Insurance Proposals66Ch. 5The 1950s: Diverging Paths to Health Reform92Ch. 6The 1960s: The Political Battle for Health Insurance119Ch. 7Why Did They Part? Explaining Health Policy Trajectories in the United States and Canada153Ch. 8Point of No Return? Policy Legacies and the Politics of Health Reform166Bibliography179Index199

About the Author

Antonia Maioni is Assistant Professor of Political Science at McGill University.