title: National health insurance in the United States: a drama in too many acts.
abstract: Responding to the question, "Universal Health Care: How Can We Get There from Here?," this paper describes the history of governmental health insurance in the United States, analyzes the factors that have proved to be crucial to its establishment in other countries, and concludes that without a strong Labor Party, there will be no national health insurance, no universal healthcare system in the United States.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terris
mesh_terms: D005380:Financing, Government / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000266:history; D008484:Medicaid / Q000266:history; D006278:Medicare / Q000266:history; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000266:history*; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States