HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Medical Necessity, Pope Francis, Socialized Medicine
19 Oct 2016
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Commodification and solidarity: healthcare system mirrors society, distribution of the healthcare resources is the point of interest, a dance between social choice and political power, the myth of cost explosion. Implies a change in the concept of healthcare = traditional though of collectively dealing with social risks vs. to healthcare as support for private capital accumulation = re-individualization vs. commercialization. = solidarity vs. individual interests: canadians take care of each other a big controversy at elections are the state of our healthcare- we tell the government that we want healthcare (it"s top priority) Health minister is meeting with provinces and territories because they want more money into healthcare. We know that our demands, and our social choices that we make, and those that want the political power have to abide by our demands so that they are voted in. Socialized medicine speaks to canadian society as something that"s necessary.
