SOC244H1 Lecture 7: SOC244 Lecture 7
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Structure of the class: regulation, constitution, federal government and the provinces, regulatory apparatus, dental care: the great exclusion, history, needs, alternative models, in-class exercises. Objectives: to get a basic understanding of the canadian hcs regulatory framework, to question the exclusion of dental care from the portfolio of health services in. Critical papers: overall assessment, guiding questions, rubric (standard, optional short draft (10%)***** due next week (time sensitive)-hand in printed paper and receive feedback the following week (nov16)- hand in full cp nov23. What are the assumptions: we can access information in market mechanisms for competition and price transparency are in place. However this is not true, system can always be opaque and so room for improvement: we are self-interested consumers, even when acting as citizens, solidarity subsidizing other(cid:495)s needs in not taken important. What is the role of the marketplace: in the us, provide market mechanisms for transparency, the canadian government could adopt market principles of efficiency and transparency.
