Healthcare System

Question 1

Canadian Healthcare system

Answer 1

-Public Health Care
-Healthcare paid for by taxes
-The Canada Health Act keeps this going

Question 2

United States Healthcare

Answer 2

-Americans pay for health care or insurance
-15% of Americans don’t have health insurance

Question 3

What is the belief for Canada’s Publicly Funded Health Care?

Answer 3

Universal coverage for necessary health care services on the basis of need

Question 4

Who started Healthcare?

Answer 4

Tommy Douglas: father of canada’s healthcare system

Question 5

What did The founder of healthcare believe?

Answer 5

Believed healthcare for all and publicly funded

Question 6

When was healthcare made?

Answer 6

Canada’s Health Care system was made by the Medical Care Act in 1966

Question 7

What is the Canada Health Act?

Answer 7

Federal legislation

Question 8

What is the responsibility of all provinces and territories?

Answer 8

-Be publicly administered
-Comprehensive
-Universal
-Portable
-Accessible

Question 9

What do provinces control?

Answer 9

• How health insurance plans are administered
• Planning and funding hospitals
• Services provided by doctors and others
• Planning and implementing health promotion and public health
• Free schedule with health professionals

Question 10

What is OHIP

Answer 10

Ontario Health Insurance Plan:
Needed at every health appointment

Question 11

Healthcare in USA

Answer 11

• Low income citizens receive publicly funded health care (Medicaid)
• Other citizens need health insurance paid for personally or by employer
• Medicaid is funded federally under the Social Security Act