""Contents""; ""Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Canadian Medical Profession: Theoretical and Historical Background""; ""3 Canadian Medicine and Health Insurance: Pre-Depression Ambivalence""; ""4 Depression Developments: The British Columbia Health Insurance Feud""; ""5 War Years: Pressure Group Politics in Ottawa""; ""6 Post-War Developments: The Private Alternative""; ""7 Medicare in the Crucible I: The Saskatchewan Dispute""; ""8 Medicare in the Crucible II: A National Plan""; ""9 Historical Reflections and Continued Controversies""; ""Notes""