NSE 112 Lecture 5: Wk 5 - Notes - Canadian Health Care System
14 Apr 2016
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Canada health act canada"s federal legislation for publicly funded health care insurance. Primary objective of canadian health care policy to protect, promote and restore the physical and mental well-being of residents of canada and to facilitate reasonable access to health services without inancial or other barriers. Establishes criteria & conditions r/t insured and extended health care services that the provinces & territories must fulill to receive the full federal cash contribution under canada health transfer. Ensure that all eligible residents of ca have access to necessary services on a prepaid basis: public administration. Health care delivered by a publicly administered agency. Single funder/insurer: government, instead of a multi funder model, in which health care would be delivered by a group of funders Few cdns can aford not to be covered, makes inancial sense for them to be covered under a single plan. No one denied service based on inability to pay.
