Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Common Ideals, Divergent Nations 1
5. 2. Health Insurance and the Rise of Private-Practice Medicine, 1915–1930 31
6. 3. Health Security, the State, and Civil Society, 1930–1940 65
7. 4. Challenges and Change during the Second World War, 1940–1945 97
8. 5. Labor’s Quest for Health Security, 1945–1960 112
9. 6. The Choice of Public or Private, 1950–1970 134
10. 7. Cost Control Moves to the Fore, 1970–2000 157
11. 8. Hospitals and the Difficult Art of Health Care Reform, 1980–Present 184
12. 9. Les Jeux Sont Faits? 2000–Present 212
13. Notes 223
14. Index 247