Article ID: CBB529786926

Social Democratic Solidarity and the Welfare State: Health Care and Single-Tier Universality in Sweden and Canada (2021)

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Although it is not generally done, it is useful to compare the history of the evolution of universal health coverage (UHC) in Canada and Sweden. The majority of citizens in both countries have shared, and continue to share, a commitment to a strong form of single-tier universality in the design of their respective UHC systems. In the postwar era, they also share a remarkably similar timeline in the emergence and entrenchment of single-tier UHC, despite the political and social differences between the two countries. At the same time, UHC was initially designed, implemented, and managed by social democratic governments that held power for long periods of time, creating a path dependency for single-tier Medicare that was difficult for future governments of different ideological persuasions to alter.

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Authors & Contributors
Luedee, Jonathan
Slagstad, Ketil
Campbell-Miller, Jill
Wright, David
Vallgårda, Signild
Strong-Boag, Veronica
Concepts
Public health
Medicine and government
Health care
Social welfare
Medicare
Hospitals and clinics
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
19th century
18th century
Places
Canada
United States
Oslo (Norway)
Saskatchewan (Canada)
Arctic regions
Botswana
Institutions
University of Oslo
National Health Service (Great Britain)
American Medical Association
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