Sociology 2246A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Canada Health Act, Moral Hazard
11 Apr 2019
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Also called a single-payer system - the government pays. There isn"t a health insurance company, but the government websites. The policies are done in ottawa, but the delivery and decisions are operated in provinces. Many more physicians in ontario are paid per capita. The fee-for-service prices vary by province and territory. Most of the 70% of public funding is provincial, while the rest is the federal government. Non-consumption is things that you buy in hospital gift shops, food, etc. The biggest amount of non-consumption funding comes from donations. 1947 the first public hospital-insurance plan was introduced in the province of. 1957 national hospital insurance plan was implemented to cover half the cost of hospital stays. 1984 canada health act was passed. Complex reasons why dental care exlucded from medicare. Dental health is only viewed as partially cosmetic. When the royal commission was established to evaluate health care, the committee believed that dental care should only be covered for some groups.
