War and Health Insurance Policy in Japan and the United States: World War II to Postwar Reconstruction

Contents

Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 part i prewar development of health insurance 17 1 Learning from Germany: Japan before 1937 19 2 Catching Up with Europe: The United States before 1941 32 part ii health security as national security 49 3 Creating a Public Health Insurance System: Japan, 1937–1945 53 4 Forming a Hybrid Health Insurance System: The United States, 1941–1945 72 part iii health insurance in the postwar period 97 5 Consolidating the Hybrid Health Insurance System: The United States, 1945–1952 99 6 Restoring the Public Health Insurance System: Japan, 1945–1952 115 Conclusion 133 Notes 137 Bibliography 165 Index 179 Contents This page intentionally left blank ...