Canadas Healthcare
The United States should adopt the Canadians universal healthcare system because it not only lowers costs, but it saves many lives that cannot pay for it. Healthcare should be a right as a citizen whether you’re poor or not. Universal healthcare helps many people throughout the world and is always favorited over the American way of healthcare. Universal healthcare is a healthcare system that provides healthcare and financial protection to all citizens of a particular country. In Canada, they use this system and it helps with lowering costs of medical expenses, providing education about ones health, and is able to perform the same medical procedures as any other country.
The federal government has jurisdiction in specific …show more content…
The Canada Health Act defines insured persons as residents of a province. The Act defines a resident as: “a person lawfully entitled to be or to remain in Canada who makes his home and is ordinarily present in the province, but does not include a tourist, a transient or a visitor to the province.” (Canada Health Act Division) In most provinces you must be physically present for at least 183 days out of the year. After losing your eligibility for the Canadian healthcare, there will be a 3 month waiting period before your health coverage is reinstated.
Some things that are not covered under the free universal healthcare in Canada are eye exams, dental insurance, and pharmaceuticals. Some dental surgeries are covered if they are more expensive, but check-ups are not covered unless you get a private plan.
In Canada all citizens receive medical treatment no matter what kind of income, most medical treatment has no out of pocket costs. Even though there are no out of pocket costs it is all paid for from taxes by your income, sales, and corporate taxes, but is still much more cheap than in the United …show more content…
The total health expenditure in the U.S is approximately $8,200 while in Canada it is $3,200. (Kane, Johnson) For hip replacement it is $12,000 in Canada while in the United States it is $17,500. (Kane, Johnson)
The care in Canada is just as good as the United States when dealing with Cancer patients. For breast cancer patients in Canada the average age is 5 year survival rate is 86.6 while the United States is 89.3. (Kane, Johnson)
There are also programs that work towards preventing injuries and teaching citizens about health issues. There is much more public awareness about health risks and these programs are funded by the Government. These programs are created to help reduce healthcare costs and to teach people how to take control of their health before more serious problem occur. There are programs for seniors, those with disabilities, awareness campaigns for back injuries, and so on. These programs help people in Canada stay healthier because they get more education about health related issues. With Canada’s obesity rates lower than the United States by 12% in 2010, the government is doing a very good job maintaining the health of all Canadians. (Kane,
The United States should adopt the Canadians universal healthcare system because it not only lowers costs, but it saves many lives that cannot pay for it. Healthcare should be a right as a citizen whether you’re poor or not. Universal healthcare helps many people throughout the world and is always favorited over the American way of healthcare. Universal healthcare is a healthcare system that provides healthcare and financial protection to all citizens of a particular country. In Canada, they use this system and it helps with lowering costs of medical expenses, providing education about ones health, and is able to perform the same medical procedures as any other country.
The federal government has jurisdiction in specific …show more content…
The Canada Health Act defines insured persons as residents of a province. The Act defines a resident as: “a person lawfully entitled to be or to remain in Canada who makes his home and is ordinarily present in the province, but does not include a tourist, a transient or a visitor to the province.” (Canada Health Act Division) In most provinces you must be physically present for at least 183 days out of the year. After losing your eligibility for the Canadian healthcare, there will be a 3 month waiting period before your health coverage is reinstated.
Some things that are not covered under the free universal healthcare in Canada are eye exams, dental insurance, and pharmaceuticals. Some dental surgeries are covered if they are more expensive, but check-ups are not covered unless you get a private plan.
In Canada all citizens receive medical treatment no matter what kind of income, most medical treatment has no out of pocket costs. Even though there are no out of pocket costs it is all paid for from taxes by your income, sales, and corporate taxes, but is still much more cheap than in the United …show more content…
The total health expenditure in the U.S is approximately $8,200 while in Canada it is $3,200. (Kane, Johnson) For hip replacement it is $12,000 in Canada while in the United States it is $17,500. (Kane, Johnson)
The care in Canada is just as good as the United States when dealing with Cancer patients. For breast cancer patients in Canada the average age is 5 year survival rate is 86.6 while the United States is 89.3. (Kane, Johnson)
There are also programs that work towards preventing injuries and teaching citizens about health issues. There is much more public awareness about health risks and these programs are funded by the Government. These programs are created to help reduce healthcare costs and to teach people how to take control of their health before more serious problem occur. There are programs for seniors, those with disabilities, awareness campaigns for back injuries, and so on. These programs help people in Canada stay healthier because they get more education about health related issues. With Canada’s obesity rates lower than the United States by 12% in 2010, the government is doing a very good job maintaining the health of all Canadians. (Kane,