Healthcare system consists of many branches, not all of them being positive, but also with a lot of controversy. A health insurance plan is in place for everyone, we also have private plans for those covered at work, dental is a specialized plan, along with very few mental health, and physical wellbeing options, yet there are still many holes needing to be filled.
Canada's health care system is a group of socialized health insurance plans that provides coverage to all Canadian citizens. It is publicly funded and administered on a provincial or territorial basis, within guidelines set by the federal government. Under the health care system, individual citizens are provided preventative care and medical treatments from primary care physicians …show more content…
In comparison, spending on hospitals is expected to grow by 2.6% in 2013 and spending on drugs is expected to grow by 2.4% (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2013).Spending on health care varies across Canada, but on average provinces spend approximately 40% of their total budgets on healthcare (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2013). Individually, Canadians spend about $3300 per capita on health care.(http://www.canadian-healthcare.org/, 2004-2007). The amount of funding provinces and territories receive is significant, and topped $35 billion in 2002-2003(http://www.canadian-healthcare.org/, 2004-2007).In 2009, the government funded about 70% of Canadians' health care costs. This is slightly below the OECD average of public health spending. This covered most hospital and physician cost while the dental and pharmaceutical costs were primarily paid for by individuals(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Canada,
Canada's health care system is a group of socialized health insurance plans that provides coverage to all Canadian citizens. It is publicly funded and administered on a provincial or territorial basis, within guidelines set by the federal government. Under the health care system, individual citizens are provided preventative care and medical treatments from primary care physicians …show more content…
In comparison, spending on hospitals is expected to grow by 2.6% in 2013 and spending on drugs is expected to grow by 2.4% (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2013).Spending on health care varies across Canada, but on average provinces spend approximately 40% of their total budgets on healthcare (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2013). Individually, Canadians spend about $3300 per capita on health care.(http://www.canadian-healthcare.org/, 2004-2007). The amount of funding provinces and territories receive is significant, and topped $35 billion in 2002-2003(http://www.canadian-healthcare.org/, 2004-2007).In 2009, the government funded about 70% of Canadians' health care costs. This is slightly below the OECD average of public health spending. This covered most hospital and physician cost while the dental and pharmaceutical costs were primarily paid for by individuals(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Canada,