03987nam 22007455 450 991025533320332120200703054253.01-137-10717-010.1057/9781137107176(CKB)3710000000653258(SSID)ssj0001654713(PQKBManifestationID)16435334(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001654713(PQKBWorkID)13494195(PQKB)10638093(DE-He213)978-1-137-10717-6(MiAaPQ)EBC4716535(EXLCZ)99371000000065325820160205d2016 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtccrReforming Health Care in the United States, Germany, and South Africa[electronic resource] Comparative Perspectives on Health /by Susan Giaimo1st ed. 2016.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (XVII, 276 p.) Perspectives in Comparative PoliticsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-230-33887-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.The intersection of health and politics -- The United States : an ambivalent journey toward universal coverage -- Germany : modernizing national health insurance to meet new challenges -- South Africa : confronting the legacies of apartheid -- Conclusions and prospects.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.Perspectives in Comparative PoliticsSocial serviceComparative politicsPublic policyDemocracySocial policyInternational relationsSocial Work and Community Developmenthttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X33080Comparative Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911040Public Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911060Democracyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911050Social Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X33000International Relationshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912000Social service.Comparative politics.Public policy.Democracy.Social policy.International relations.Social Work and Community Development.Comparative Politics.Public Policy.Democracy.Social Policy.International Relations.362.1/0425Giaimo Susanauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut885164BOOK9910255333203321Reforming Health Care in the United States, Germany, and South Africa2500596UNINA