SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Deskilling, Canada Health Act, User Fee
7 Dec 2013
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Impact of health care on social work (canada) Has his own health concerns which lead him to generate this idea. Main person behind moving ideas of universal health care. Health care has traditionally been the responsibility of each province. Prior to 1960: cobbled together system (every province has different rules payment options etc) but each province didn"t have enough tax money on their own to pay for it. 1961: provinces agree on need for federal system. 1968: medical care act (sets guidelines on principles for the health care administration, sets out requirements: shared through provinces, determining how they spend $, fed gov provides funding and strings that come attached) The differences in responsibilities amongst governments and in taxation powers result in funding transfers. Who provides this funding hasnt always been disputed by different levels of gov. No one wants to pay for the health care, they keep passing it to each other trying to get out of the responsibility.
