The Canada Paradox

The Public-Private Divide in Health Insurance and Pensions

Bibliographic Data

ID23214037
AuthorsGerard W Boychuk (University of Saskatchewan), Keith Banting (0000-0003-2326-9072, Case Western Reserve University), Keith G Banting
Year2008
Pages92-122
Publication date2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenuePublic and Private Social Policy (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9780230228771_5
OpenAlexW2134367351
ISBN9780230228771
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited22

In recent years, academic attention has returned to an issue highlighted by Richard Titmuss half a century ago: the intersection of public and private social benefits (Titmuss 1958). This renewed interest in the public-private divide reflects an understanding that the structure of private benefits can have a significant impact on the development of public programs. It also reflects a growing realization that the balance between public and private benefits is critical to the distribution of risk in contemporary society, and that current changes in private benefits in many countries are triggering a privatization of risk that is not being offset by public benefit programs.

Business · Distribution (mathematics) · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Health insurance · Political science · Private insurance · Public economics · Social benefits · Global Health Care Issues · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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