The United States Looks at Canadian Health Care

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Health insurance programs reflect the cultural beliefs, political priorities, and medical imperatives of the countries in which they evolve. Across a continuum that features more or less reliance on government or private mechanisms, most Western countries have concluded that the financial consequences of illness should be borne by societies, not individuals.1 That is certainly the case in Canada, which provides all its 25.6 million citizens with access to medical care, but does not charge them directly for the services they receive. Specifically, Canada places responsibility squarely on its government to finance a comprehensive set of medical benefits and prohibits private . . .
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