Health Insurance and Canadian Public Policy

Download or read book Health Insurance and Canadian Public Policy written by Malcolm G. Taylor and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Health Insurance and Canadian Public Policy, Malcolm Taylor describes the emergence of Medicare, providing an interesting window into current health care debates. He discusses the seemingly endless series of federal-provincial exchanges and negotiations involving issues of jurisdiction, cost allocations, revenue transfers, and taxing authorities as well as efforts to accommodate opposition from various special interests that would eventually evolve into a system that provided access to adequate health care for all Canadians on the basis of need, irrespective of financial circumstances.