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A Question of Access

Robert J. Campbell, MD, MSc, FRCSC; Wendy V. Hatch, OD, MSc; Chaim M. Bell, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Arch Ophthalmol. 2009;127(10):1384-1386.

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Expanding the role of government-funded health insurance is currently the focus of intense debate in the United States.¹ In this battle, the successes of the Canadian health care system have been heralded as examples of how a government-funded system could address the issues faced by the United States. At the same time, the failings of the Canadian system have been highlighted by those opposed to the expansion of public health insurance.

In Canada, provincial and territorial governments are responsible for health care. Consequently, Canada's health care system functions as a collection of provincial and territorial systems, each differing from the others in some respects but similarly structured to meet the federal conditions for funding as delineated in the Canada Health Act. These conditions are universal coverage of all citizens, provision of all medically . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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