final Flashcards
british north america act
1867
responsibility for health, education, and social services given to provinces
federal municipality act
1916
communities has power to levy taxes to pay physicians
great depression
premier tommy douglas
1947
Sask. introduced a public, universal hospital insurance plan
hospital insurance and diagnostic service act
1957
federal gov’t provided 1/2 service costs for provinces w/ established universal hospital insurance
1961
all provinces/ territories provided coverage for inpatient hospital care
medical care insurance act
1962
opposed by physicians
- 23 day strike
hall commission report
1964
called for nation expansion of the Sask. model on a cost-shared basis similar to HIDSA
medical care act
1966
certain criteria needed to be met for hospitals
1972
all provincial/territorial insurance plans extended coverage to include medical services provided outside hospitals
federal provincial fiscal arrangements and established programs financing act
1977
replaced cost sharing w/ block transfer funds
- decreased federal contributions
canada health act
1984
amalgamated HIDSA and medical care act and banned extra billing and user fees
- by 1987 all provinces/territories following this legislation
aboriginal health care
Indian act 1985
includes primary health care and emergency services, community- based programs
romanow commission
2002
conc. that medicare is sustainable and must be preserved
kirby report
2002
concluded that medicare is not sustainable and advocated for stronger private sector