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Universal health care: Lessons from the British experience

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  • Light, D.W.

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Britain's National Health Service (NHS) was established in the wake of World War II amid a broad consensus that health care should be made available to all. Yet the British only barely succeeded in overcoming professional opposition to form the NHS out of the prewar mixture of limited national insurance, various voluntary insurance schemes, charity care, and public health services. Success stemmed from extraordinary leadership, a parliamentary system of government that gives the winning party great control, and a willingness to make major concessions to key stakeholders. As one of the basic models emulated worldwide, the NHS - in both its original form and its current restructuring offers a number of relevant lessons for health reform in the United States.

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  • Light, D.W., 2003. "Universal health care: Lessons from the British experience," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 93(1), pages 25-30.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2003:93:1:25-30_8
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    1. Vinish Shrestha, 2023. "The Long Shadow of American Slavery: Its Influence on the Affordable Care Act," Working Papers 2023-02, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Jul 2024.
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    3. Fei Yan & Shenglan Tang & Jian Zhang, 2016. "Global implications of China's healthcare reform," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(1), pages 25-35, January.
    4. Firl, Daniel J., 2011. "Modeling healthcare quality: life expectancy SURS in the G7 countries and Korea," MPRA Paper 33900, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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