ECON 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Copayment, Co-Insurance, Health Care In Canada
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Some doctors encourage people to come for more visits than are strictly necessary, in order to maintain income levels. Many canadians misuse the health care system and this increases the costs private health insurance. Provides a small part of health insurance coverage in canada. Provincial legislation prohibits private insurance for services covered under public health-care insurance. Private insurance is available for services that are not publicly insured, such as drugs, dental care and eye care. 75% of canadian have some form of employer provided private health insurance individuals often pay for part of the cost of their actual utilization for private health insurance ,in on of three ways. Would off-load public cost pressures, encourage economic efficiency, and offer a sustainable source of additional resources. In 2007 ministry of health established operational waiting times targets requiring an average of 90% of patients treated within national benchmarks. Patient registry with assessments for urgency with real-time data.
