title: Can the United States learn from foreign medical insurance systems?
abstract: After data are given on trends in health care expenditures in several nations, selected health care cost indicators in Canada and in the United States are contrasted in more detail; and a study of the Canadian health care insurance system is criticized. Finally some broader questions on the nature of U.S. social policy are raised.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002170:Canada; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005602:France; D005860:Germany, West; D005102:Health Expenditures; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D009310:National Health Insurance, United States; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics*; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States