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    Oral health is not considered an integral part of Canada 's universal, publicly-funded health care regime. Dental care, outside of a hospital setting, does not constitute a ‘medically necessary’ service for the purpose of maintaining health as per the Canada Health Act (1964). There are three components to the Canadian health system that exist today: universal, publicly-funded coverage for physician and hospital services (known as Medicare); goods and services such as home care, long-term care, and

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    AND CANADA’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS 1 France and Canada’s Health Care Systems: A comparative Analysis of France and Canada’s healthcare systems Ileke Redemption Iyeteku 5994383 Ottawa University FRANCE AND CANADA’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS 2 This paper will compare France’s health care system with Canada’s health care system. When compared to other countries around the world, France was ranked number one in overall health system performance (World Health Organization

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    Future doctors must aspire to provide excellent health care and improve shortcomings in the field. In 1984, the Canada Health Act outlined five principles to govern Medicare, a publicly funded health care system run independently by provincial governments. The most significant issue affecting the future of health care delivery in Canada is the rising cost and its impact on the quality of health care provided. The aging population is growing in Canada with an all-time high of over 4 million in 2010

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    Private vs. Public Health care Public HealthCare System: Public health care system is one, where all the health care services are governed and controlled by the respective government of the country. In this type of system, public healthcare is majorly funded by the government of the country. In Canada 70% of the healthcare is funded publicly and 30% privately. Earlier in Canada the public funding was at 76% and it has dropped down a bit to 70%. Canada leads in terms of publically funded healthcare system

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    PROBLEMS OF UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES The United States citizens (especially women) have one of the least access to healthcare and worst health outcomes among developed countries in the world despite the US spending about two and a half times higher on health care per person than any other developed country in the world (Flynn, 2013). The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA, 2013) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD, 2016) report similar data. This is reflected in the country’s

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    Health care and medicine, contribute to the well-being of Canadians by being affordable, accessible, as well as being universal and portable throughout Canada. Whereas education is a large part of the well being of Canadian citizens because there are many different

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    widely discussed and debated concerning the United States’ economy is our health care system. The health care system in the United States is not public, meaning that the states does not offer free or affordable health care service. In Canada, France and Great Britain, for example, the government funds health care through taxes. The United States, on the other hand, opted for another direction and passed the burden of health care spending on individual consumers as well as employers and insurers. In

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    The Canadian healthcare system was first established in the late 1940’s and is made up of socialized health insurance plans that provide coverage to every Canadian citizen. Publicly funded and managed, rules are set forth by the federal government. In the 1960’s, Canada in essence, has had universal healthcare coverage for all services provided by physicians and hospitals. Change your source ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Canada 2014) Whereas, the healthcare system in America originated

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    organizing and delivering health services and educating, accrediting, and licensing health care providers. Many provinces and territories have established regional health authorities that plan and deliver publicly funded health services on a local basis. Thus, the regional health authorities are responsible for providing financially and delivering hospital, and long-term care, community, and public health and mental services. In 2013, Canada spent 10.9% of its GDP on health care, or US$4,759 per person

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    The U.S. health care system is the subject of much differentiating debates. On one side we have those who argue that Americans have the “best health care system in the world”, pointing to our freely available medical technology and state-of-the-art facilities that have become so highly symbolic of its system. On the hand we have those who criticize the American system as being fragmented and inefficient, pointing to the fact that America spends more on health care than any other country in the world

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