Health Care And Social Safety Ne T Flashcards
Universal health care
Where all people have equal access to health care aka medicare
Medicare time line
1944 tommy Douglas won in Saskatchewan Devoted 70% of budget to welfare Free medical care hospitals dental for seniors Cancer rn mental illness free Reduced budget by 20 millions 1947 medical insurance 5 dollars a year 1957 federal government joined December 1959 skastcbewB had free health care p
Doctors protest
July 1 1962 23 day strike Doctors wanted freedom Brought in doctors from elsewhere Then they got choice and most complied
National health care
Diefenbaker funded 1/2? Of Saskatchewan costs
Promised to do so for other provinces
1961 hospital fees were covered and tommy Douglas lead
1964 diefenbaker issues a royal commission recommends national Medicare
1966 Pearson passes
Cpp
Canadian pension plan
Working Canadians and companies contribute every years pays for retirement
Introduced in 1966 retirement pension first example of cooperative federlismbqubec made its own
Cooperative federalism
A system where all levels of government work together
Guaranteed income supplement
For low in come seniors and non qualifies of cpp
In 1971 it became permanent
Canad aasistance plan
Welfare stared in 1966
Federal offered 50%
Provinces had to meet minimum standards
Due to ban act government could not create national program
Family allowance and insurance
July 1 1945 gave baby bonus gave fixed amount per child beefier it was tax exemption
Employement insurance
July 1 1941 it became law
