In this didactic piece Canadian Medicare: We Need It and We Can Keep It by Duckett and Peetoom, the authors delved into aspects of Canadian medicare that need to be refurbished to ensure the system remains sustainable. The book describes medicare in the past and how healthcare around it has changed, inevitably meaning medicare needs changes as well. The main goal the authors depict for medicare is the idea that “the right person enables the right care in the right setting, on time, every time” (p. 50). The authors drew on many different points to support this goal as well as offer ideas on ways to adjust medicare .
With favourable ideas on aspects of medicare that needs change as well as suggestions on how ordinary citizens can get involved, …show more content…
They claim to want to educate regular Canadians but fail to do so by writing at a high literate level. Their idea to inform ordinary citizens is admirable. There is a need for all Canadian citizens to understand medicare because everyone utilizes its services and therefore should understand it. Duckett and Peetoom attempted to educate the general public but unfortunately did not succeed. If literature is presented to average Canadians then it needs to be written in an appropriate language for the majority to …show more content…
54). This is great because after reading the text about how medicare should be funded and improved with current budgets it can leave the reader understanding that information but feeling lost as to how to expand on it. Although the reader does not necessarily have to do what the author says, it can allow them to further analyze what the concept means and how they would answer the question. The book’s purpose is to educate citizens on medicare and by authorizing them to further examine the knowledge they are presented with allows readers to become more informed.
The idea that the authors have to educate the general public is exceptional. The authors only want to inform others on how medicare can be sustained and what people can do to ensure it is. Issues like medicare and politics can be horrifying for someone to attempt to interpret but Duckett and Peetoom make it simpler and help people understand the aspects of medicare as well as how to make arguments about it. The book allows individuals to form ideas around aspects of medicare that require change and how they can get
With favourable ideas on aspects of medicare that needs change as well as suggestions on how ordinary citizens can get involved, …show more content…
They claim to want to educate regular Canadians but fail to do so by writing at a high literate level. Their idea to inform ordinary citizens is admirable. There is a need for all Canadian citizens to understand medicare because everyone utilizes its services and therefore should understand it. Duckett and Peetoom attempted to educate the general public but unfortunately did not succeed. If literature is presented to average Canadians then it needs to be written in an appropriate language for the majority to …show more content…
54). This is great because after reading the text about how medicare should be funded and improved with current budgets it can leave the reader understanding that information but feeling lost as to how to expand on it. Although the reader does not necessarily have to do what the author says, it can allow them to further analyze what the concept means and how they would answer the question. The book’s purpose is to educate citizens on medicare and by authorizing them to further examine the knowledge they are presented with allows readers to become more informed.
The idea that the authors have to educate the general public is exceptional. The authors only want to inform others on how medicare can be sustained and what people can do to ensure it is. Issues like medicare and politics can be horrifying for someone to attempt to interpret but Duckett and Peetoom make it simpler and help people understand the aspects of medicare as well as how to make arguments about it. The book allows individuals to form ideas around aspects of medicare that require change and how they can get