Contents

• Introduction / Jonathan Lemco
• Philosophical Underpinnings of Canada’s Health Care Systems / Raisa B. Deber
• Canada’s Health Insurance and Ours: The Real Lessons, the Big Choices / Theodore R. Marmor and Jerry L. Mashaw
• Resolving the Cost-Access Conflict: The Case for a National Health Program / Steffie Woolhandler and David U. Himmelstein
• Access to Health Care in the United States and Canada / Frank W. Puffer
• Is Canadian-Style Government Health Insurance the Answer for the United States’ Health Care Cost and Access Woes? / Edward Neuschler
• Interpreting Canada: Models, Mind-sets, and Myths / Morris L. Barer and Robert G. Evans
• Health Care : What Can the United States and Canada Learn from Each Other? / David W. Conklin
• Proposals for Health Care Reform / Bert Seidman
• How to Assess National Health Policy Proposals and Create the Single Best Plan / Paul W. Sperduto
• Insuring National Health Care / Malcolm G. Taylor
• Public Decision Making in Public Health Care Systems: The Quebec Experience / Lee Soderstrom and Luciano Bozzini
• Conclusion / Jonathan Lemco