10 Questions
What was the impact of the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act (HIDS) passed in 1957?
It offered universal coverage for specified hospital and diagnostic services with federal government reimbursement
Who introduced the first province-wide universal hospital care insurance plan in Canada?
Tommy Douglas
What was the role of the federal government under the Canada’s Constitution Act (1867) regarding healthcare?
Had jurisdiction over marine hospitals and quarantine, powers to tax and borrow and spend money
When did all provinces and territories agree to provide publicly funded inpatient hospital and diagnostic services?
1961
What was the impact of Saskatchewan province's introduction of the first government-controlled single-payer universal medical insurance plan in 1962?
It provided doctors' services to all its residents under a government-controlled single-payer system.
What was the impact of the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act (HIDS) passed in 1957?
It offered universal coverage for specified hospital and diagnostic services
What was the role of the federal government under the Canada’s Constitution Act (1867) regarding healthcare?
It had jurisdiction over marine hospitals and quarantine
What were the challenges of healthcare before World War II in Canada?
Lack of universal hospital care insurance plan
Why was Saskatchewan province's introduction of the first government-controlled single-payer universal medical insurance plan opposed?
Opposed by the medical establishment and insurance industry
What did the Saskatchewan Hospital Services Plan introduced by Tommy Douglas aim to achieve?
To provide the first province-wide universal hospital care insurance plan in Canada
Study Notes
Evolution of Canadian Health Care System
- Under Canada’s Constitution Act (1867), federal government had jurisdiction over marine hospitals and quarantine, while provinces were responsible for hospitals and charitable institutions.
- In 1919, the Department of Health was created by the Government of Canada.
- Before World War II, healthcare in Canada was mostly privately funded and delivered.
- In 1947, Tommy Douglas introduced the first province-wide universal hospital care insurance plan in Saskatchewan.
- The Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act (HIDS) of 1957 offered universal coverage for hospital and diagnostic services, with the federal government sharing 50% of the cost.
- In 1962, Saskatchewan introduced the first government-controlled single-payer universal medical insurance plan, opposed by the medical establishment and insurance industry.
- Ontario is currently transforming its public health care system.
- The guiding questions of the text include the evolution of the Canadian health care system, challenges facing the healthcare system, and how these challenges are being addressed.
- The text also explores why reforms fail to improve healthcare.
- The Saskatchewan Hospital Services Plan was introduced before World War II, with similar plans in British Columbia and Alberta by 1950.
- The Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act of 1957 initially excluded psychiatric hospitals, but later all provinces and territories agreed to provide publicly funded inpatient hospital and diagnostic services in 1961.
Test your knowledge on the evolution of the Canadian health care system, challenges faced, ongoing reforms in Ontario, and reasons behind the failure of healthcare reforms.
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