SOSC 1801 Lecture Notes - Ontario Health Insurance Plan, Intersex, Universal Health Care
29 Mar 2013
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The poor would have to go to the hospitals, and the care there was not great, they were not the healing centers that they are today and therefore most people never came out of the hospital. Universal coverage in other countries countries had started experimenting with public models of health care service. They were dealing with the same issues as canada as a result of the great. Post wwi: 80% support universal care people were afraid that the same situation would occur (like during the great depression) The average worker or the poor were the most interested. Saskatchewan farmers (generally poor, and would often get sick because of their jobs) lobby for comprehensive universal care. 1947: saskatchewan implements universal hospital insurance funded through provincial taxes; as a result of the huge amount of demand in saskatchewan at the time, only saskatchewan implemented this national hospital insurance scheme.
