Health Sciences 1002A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Emmett Matthew Hall, Roy Romanow, Keynesian Economics
14 Jul 2016
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Roy romanow (2001) appointed as sole commissioner to look at the future of health care in canada. Summarized the core values underlying canada"s health-care system as those of equity, fairness, and solidarity. Canada"s universal health-care program, funded and administered by federal, provincial, and territorial governments. Reflects the canadian view that health care is a fundamental right of citizenship and not a privilege of status or wealth. The medicare that is implemented today has only been around since 1971. Now, there is talk of medicare being in crisis due to escalating costs, an aging population, and long waiting lists. Important beliefs and ideals shared by members of a culture or society. In a political context, refers to those beliefs and values that relate to the way in which society should be organized, including the appropriate role of the state. A right considered to inhere in a person as a human being and that cannot be relinquished by government.
