The Underminding Of The Canada Health Act

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The Underminding Of The Canada Health Act

The Undermining of the Canada Health Act
Research Assignment
The Undermining of the Canada Health Act
By
Thomas W. McIntyre
A paper submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
HSC 401 Health Care Administration
Baker College
November 9, 2000
This paper is an overview of the Canadian Health Care system, and the Canadian Health Care Act. Below I discuss topics that are concerns for people under this system, which include the following:
· The Evolution of Canadian Health Care
· Universality and Accessibility vs. Choice
· Decreasing Cost vs. Non-Profit
· Efficiency and Quality
· Implications for Nursing Practices
· The Future of Canadian Health Care
This paper will also point out strengths and weaknesses in the Canadian Health Care system. With covering the above topics It is my intention for the reader to have an understanding of how the Canadian Health Care System functions, and what can happen in the near future.
In the past, Canadas government-funded, universally accessible, health care system has been praised and admired both at home and abroad as one of the finest in the world. A great source of pride and comfort for many Canadians is that it
is based on five fundamental principles. Principles that are a reflection of the values held by Canadian citizens since the formation of Medicare in 1966. These principles were reinforced in the Canada Health Act, (CHA), of 1984 according to Gordon, Mintz and Chen (1998), state that the Canadian system is universal, accessible, portable, comprehensive and non-profit.
With increasing concerns of debts and deficits, Canadas publicly funded health care system has recently become the target of fiscal attack. Efforts to reform and restructure the system have produced few results. Currently, some
Government officials throughout the country are looking towards a more radical approach. An approach that would see not only the reform and restructuring of the method of operation of the current system, but that would change the system entirely. The proposed idea? In provinces like Alberta, Ontario, and Nova Scotia, The Canadian Government is looking into increasing the role of the private sector in the current health care system. On December 29th, 1999, Nancy MacBeth leader of the Alberta liberal party was cited in the Edmonton Journal as saying:  Theres ample evidence that the Alberta governments plan to expand the role of private health-care will contraven...

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