Public Health Care: Two Tier System
*1966 was the year it was introduced by Pearson
*He followed the example created in Saskatchewan by Tommy Douglas
*Canada's Medicare was now a publicly-funded medical system
*Canada Health Act (CHA) - 1984
*All Canadians now have access to medically necessary services
*NO USER-FEES
*Transfer payments given to each province to help pay as they see fit
*Fear that the government won't be able to pay in the future
*Two-tier system could be the answer with some private and some public services
*Fear that the public system would go downhill like in the USA
*Privatization is another option to make the system more efficient
*He followed the example created in Saskatchewan by Tommy Douglas
*Canada's Medicare was now a publicly-funded medical system
*Canada Health Act (CHA) - 1984
*All Canadians now have access to medically necessary services
*NO USER-FEES
*Transfer payments given to each province to help pay as they see fit
*Fear that the government won't be able to pay in the future
*Two-tier system could be the answer with some private and some public services
*Fear that the public system would go downhill like in the USA
*Privatization is another option to make the system more efficient
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Summary
The Canadian health act was a revolutionary idea, other countries to this day are still attempting to recreate what tommy douglas did in 1984 for Canada.