LEADER 03798nam 22008295 450 001 9910255333203321 005 20240312124720.0 010 $a9781137107176 010 $a1137107170 024 7 $a10.1057/9781137107176 035 $a(CKB)3710000000653258 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001654713 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16435334 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001654713 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13494195 035 $a(PQKB)10638093 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-10717-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4716535 035 $a(Perlego)3498767 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000653258 100 $a20160205d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReforming Health Care in the United States, Germany, and South Africa $eComparative Perspectives on Health /$fby Susan Giaimo 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (XVII, 276 p.) 225 1 $aPerspectives in Comparative Politics,$x2945-6525 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781349570874 311 08$a1349570877 311 08$a9780230338876 311 08$a0230338879 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aAs countries confront new health care challenges in the 21st century, their health care systems reflect the problems and political settlements of an earlier age. Meeting these new challenges requires reform of existing health care system arrangements while reconciling the goals of equitable access to quality care at an affordable price. This book compares health care reforms in industrialized nations and the Global South to uncover the similarities and differences in their problems and solutions. It examines the struggle over the Affordable Care Act and its alternatives in the United States, major health care reforms in Germany in the new century, and South Africa's efforts to combat AIDS and construct a comprehensive health care system for all. These particular reforms reflect the underlying configuration of politics in each country. 410 0$aPerspectives in Comparative Politics,$x2945-6525 606 $aCommunity development 606 $aSocial service 606 $aComparative government 606 $aPolitical planning 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aSocial policy 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aSocial Work and Community Development 606 $aComparative Politics 606 $aPublic Policy 606 $aPolitical Science 606 $aSocial Policy 606 $aInternational Relations 615 0$aCommunity development. 615 0$aSocial service. 615 0$aComparative government. 615 0$aPolitical planning. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aSocial policy. 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 14$aSocial Work and Community Development. 615 24$aComparative Politics. 615 24$aPublic Policy. 615 24$aPolitical Science. 615 24$aSocial Policy. 615 24$aInternational Relations. 676 $a362.1/0425 700 $aGiaimo$b Susan$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0885164 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255333203321 996 $aReforming Health Care in the United States, Germany, and South Africa$92500596 997 $aUNINA