NURS303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Health Care In Canada, Canada Health Act, Indian Act
15 Dec 2017
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Chapter 2 the canadian health care system. Early health care in canada: self-governing colony via british north america act united three colonies into the original four provinces (on, qu, ns + nb) Red cross) and the municipality act permitted the levy of taxes to pay for physicians. Great depression dramatically affected the health care system. Premier tommy douglas of saskatchewan introduced public, universal hospital insurance plan (basis for the first major federal initiative to expand hospital insurance across the country via. Hospital insurance and diagnostic services act) federal government covered 50% of costs. Medical care insurance act physicians went on strike. Hall commission report called for expansion of the saskatchewan model across canada. Medical care act: all governments shared health care expenses equally. Federal provincial fiscal arrangements and established programs financing act block transfers of funds + complicated formula of transferring tax points extra billing of clients.
