PSYC 3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Toronto Public Health, Binge Drinking, Northern Ontario
15 Nov 2016
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Canada has a universal public health insurance system. Each province in canada manages their own healthcare system. Under the terms of the canada health act, the provinces provide all residents with health insurance cards, which entitle the bearer to receive free medical care for almost all procedures. Doctors in private practice are entrepreneurs who bill the medicare system for their fees. Each province also provides their own prescription drug benefit plan. Dental care is not covered by any government insurance plans. The range of services for vision care coverage is widely varied amongst the provinces. Naturopathic services are covered in some cases, but homeopathic services are generally not covered. Currently in ontario, people with a high enough income must pay an annual health care premium. It can range from -, depending on one"s annual income. There is a movement in ontario to try and expand 24-hour drop-in medical clinic networks.
