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What can the US learn from Canada’s health system
Outline
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Canada: Political Organization
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Canada’s Health Insurance
Canada’s Health Insurance history
Canada Health Act principles
Canada’s Health Care System
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Canada vs. the US: No contest!
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Canadian health care costs, especially public costs are not out of control
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Canada’s health system’s problems, diagnosis, and solutions
Canadian Medicare was designed for another time and was a compromise
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Political compromise slowed the development of a more effective delivery system
The original Saskatchewan vision -- Swift Current in 1945 – similar to the Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound in 1948
What happened to the vision?
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We need to change the way we deliver services
“Only through the practice of preventive medicine will we keep the costs from becoming so excessive that the public will decide that Medicare is not in the best interests of the people of the country.” Tommy Douglas
Canadians could have quicker access
What can the US learn from Canada?
What can others learn from Canada?
Summary
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Author:
Michael Rachlis