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100			_aGiaimo, Susan
245			_aAdapting the welfare state: the case of health care reform in Britain, Germany, and the United States
260			_c1999
300			_ap.967-1000
362			_aDec
520			_aWelfare states in all advanced industrialized countries are under severe financial stress. Many observers argue that in responding to such pressures, governments are converging on a path of marketization and privatization of social risks, which ultimately leads to the unraveling of solidarity. Recent health care reforms in Britain, Germany, and the United States serve as case studies that challenge this argument. Far from converging on a market path, each country has pursued a distinctive reform response combining markets with other policy instruments. Moreover, where state actors lead the way in constructing health care markets, the extent of desolidarity is limited. The structure of each nation's health care system shapes the policy preferences and reform strategies of key actors, and thereby helps explain the distinctiveness of health care reform patterns. - Reproduced
650			_aHealth services - United States
650			_aHealth services - Germany
650			_aHealth services - Great Britain
650			_aHealth services
700			_aManow, Philip
773			_aComparative Political Studies
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999			_c44007 _d44007