HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Canada Health Act

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 1BB3
• Professor: Yvonne Leblanc

Document Summary

Federal government provides health care provision for: Immigrants that come into canada: military and veterans. Provincial government provides health provision for: majority of people. Portability: ability to move within the country and still receive health care. 1980s shift from western provinces across canada: power taken away from provincial level, each province divided into regions. Ccac: community care access centres, no longer exists, assessments if people qualified for long term facilities. Highest to lowest health care funding provisions: hospitals, pharmaceuticals, physician services. Seniors utilize health care more than younger people: older people have more chronic issues. Government encourages people to take on care at home: benefits government financially.