Federal, Provincial And Territorial Governments

For example, “in Ontario, the provincial program covers all people aged 65 and over, residents of long-term care homes, recipients of home care services and social assistance, and people with high drug costs in relation to their income (a catastrophic insurance plan)” (Allin & Rudoler, 2015, p.22). 70% of Canadian health system is publicly funded, and financed by the federal government through personal and corporate taxes, sales taxes and other revenue (Health Canada, 2011; Allin & Rudoler, 2015) while, 30% supplementary health services not included in the Canada Health Act are privately financed through employer private insurance or personal private insurance paid for by the residents (Health Canada, 2011; Allin & Rudoler, 2015). The federal government allocate and distribute some of the revenue from the country’s GDP for health services to provinces and territories that their insurance plans meet the Canada Health Act principles: publicly administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability and accessibility (no extra billing fees for insured health benefits under CHA) (Health Canada, 2011). In 1941, the Sick Fund