Reforming Health Care in the United States, Germany, and South Africa
Comparative Perspectives on Health
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Reforming Health Care in the United States, Germany, and South Africa
Comparative Perspectives on Health
About This Book
As countries confront new health care challenges in the 21st century, their health care systems reflect the problems and political settlements of an earlier age. Meeting these new challenges requires reform of existing health care system arrangements while reconciling the goals of equitable access to quality care at an affordable price. This book compares health care reforms in industrialized nations and the Global South to uncover the similarities and differences in their problems and solutions. It examines the struggle over the Affordable Care Act and its alternatives in the United States, major health care reforms in Germany in the new century, and South Africa's efforts to combat AIDS and construct a comprehensive health care system for all. These particular reforms reflect the underlying configuration of politics in each country.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Series Editorâs Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- One The Intersection of Health and Politics
- Two The United States: An Ambivalent Journey toward Universal Coverage
- Three Germany: Modernizing Social Health Insurance to Meet New Challenges
- Four South Africa: Confronting the Legacies of Apartheid
- Five Conclusions and Prospects
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index