CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Polynin, Ivan |
|---|---|
| Title | Political Determinants of Compulsory Social Health Insurance: the Cases of Israel, Korea and Switzerland |
| Summary | This comparative study analyzes the three most important healthcare reforms that introduced Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through the mandatory Social Health Insurance (SHI) in the three countries: Switzerland, Israel and South Korea. The main aim of this research is to find the key actors participating in the political struggle over the SHI reforms and the mechanism behind their implementation. The primary analysis is concentrated on the preferences of political parties in these countries in relation to organization and equity of their respective health systems. The main methodological contribution of this study is the adaptation of the veto-player theory for the analysis of the mandatory SHI reforms. The work reveals a number of consistent patterns between the official positions of political parties and implementation of the mandatory SHI reforms, and it also challenges a conventional approach associating the introduction of UHC exclusively with the labor movement. |
| Supervisor | Judit Sandor |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/polynin_ivan.pdf |
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