The Elusive Goal of Universal Health Care in the U.S
Organized Labor and the Institutional Straightjacket of the Private Welfare State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12178609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie Gottschalk (California University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 367-398 |
| Publication date | 1999-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Policy History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0898-0306 • E-ISSN: 1528-4190 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0898030600003389 |
| OpenAlex | W2120223048 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 53 |
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, national health insurance returned briefly to the political limelight with renewed calls for a single-payer health-care system that would eliminate any significant role for commercial insurers in the provision of health care. Organized labor, however, which had been a longtime proponent of national health insurance, did not warmly embrace the single-payer solution. Instead, much of the national leadership of organized labor supported some kind of employer-mandate solution that would require employers to pay a portion of their employees' health insurance premiums, thus leaving the private welfare state of job-based medical benefits largely intact
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Politics and jobs
The transformation of old age security
Labor parties in postindustrial societies
Modern Manors
Building a New American State
The Struggle for the Soul of Health Insurance
It's the Institutions, Stupid! Why Comprehensive National Health Insurance Always Fails in America
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
The Shadow Welfare State
The State and Labor in Modern America.
Structuring Politics
The Politics of Social Policy in the United States
Historical institutionalism in comparative politics
Welfare history of the I.L.S.W.U
Health Plans and Collective Bargaining
Why No National Health Insurance in the U.S.? The Limits of Social Provision in War and Peace, 1941–1948
Labor Unions, Employee Benefits, and the Privatization of the American Welfare State
Health Insurance and Canadian Public Policy
Boomerang
The Challenge of Restructuring
From the Wagner Act to Taft-Hartley
The State and Labor in Modern America
From Company Doctors to Managed Care
Health Security for All? Social Unionism and Universal Health Insurance, 1935-1958
Bargaining for Health
Health Insurance and Canadian Public Policy
Institutions, Veto Points, and Policy Results
From Comparative Public Policy to Political Economy
Canadian Socialism and Policy Impact
Fringe Benefits
Ebri Databook on Employee Benefits
Fringe Benefits
From the Wagner Act to Taft-Hartley
Beyond Tocqueville, Myrdal, and Hartz
The Challenge of Restructuring
Health Plans and Collective Bargaining
Business Lobbies
Management Efficiency and Collective Bargaining
State Structures and Social Keynesianism
The Origins of Private Social Insurance
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2008 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |