Without a government program that provides medical care for citizens, a country would crumble. It is inhumane for a country to deprive the people healthcare in the 21st century. Although most countries do have a healthcare system, not all work in favor of the citizens. For example, the United States Health Care system is not adequate for its citizens while the Canadian health care system is. Both nations programs are commonly compared and contrasted. Their greatest differences are the cost management and the accessibility for the citizens. Canada runs a system that provides its Citizens with a mostly free insurance. The Canadian citizens are able to receive primary care, treatment from hospitals, dental coverage as well as other facility
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As Carolyn A. DeCoster and Marni D. Brownell stated, “For every dollar the American commercial health insurance industry’s spent on health claims in 1988, it spent 33.5 cents for administration, marketing, and over- head, while the U.S. Medicare system spent 2.3 cents and the public health care system in Canada spent 3 cents” (DeCoster & Brownell, 1997, pg. 300). There is a tremendous amount of money being spent by the U.S on just having private insurances run and pay the physicians. If the U.S relocated that expenses of the administrative care into changing the whole entire health care system to a universal one, money would actually be saved. Its amazing how having one agency dealing with payment distribution and administration of the insurance claims, can save millions of dollars and create a better allocation of those funding’s. Stephen G. Grubaugh and Rexford E. Santerre stated in Comparing the Performance of Health Care Systems: An Alternative Approach, “Infant mortality in the united States ranked twentieth among twenty-four member countries of the organization... Yet, healthcare expenditures in the United States compromised 11.8 percent of gross domestic product in 1989, while … [other] OECD countries was only 7.4 percent” (Grubaugh & Santerre, 1994, pg.1030). Even though the U.S expends more than any other nation on health care, child …show more content…
This program provides both the patients and the physicians with freedom. Patients can go visit as many doctors as they may please and doctors can prescribe and also admit patients to hospitals without being questioned. This provides both sides an ease of mind knowing that they are doing what is best for the patient. The Canada Health Act is a federal program but providences are the ones who run the program and also do yearly check ups on hospitals and practice to determine their funding. Physicians receive a reimbursement for every patient they care. They only submit the claim to the providence and they pay them back. By having one single administration that manages the pay out to the doctors, it immensely eliminates the administrative cost. Unfortunately, the United States does not have this
As Carolyn A. DeCoster and Marni D. Brownell stated, “For every dollar the American commercial health insurance industry’s spent on health claims in 1988, it spent 33.5 cents for administration, marketing, and over- head, while the U.S. Medicare system spent 2.3 cents and the public health care system in Canada spent 3 cents” (DeCoster & Brownell, 1997, pg. 300). There is a tremendous amount of money being spent by the U.S on just having private insurances run and pay the physicians. If the U.S relocated that expenses of the administrative care into changing the whole entire health care system to a universal one, money would actually be saved. Its amazing how having one agency dealing with payment distribution and administration of the insurance claims, can save millions of dollars and create a better allocation of those funding’s. Stephen G. Grubaugh and Rexford E. Santerre stated in Comparing the Performance of Health Care Systems: An Alternative Approach, “Infant mortality in the united States ranked twentieth among twenty-four member countries of the organization... Yet, healthcare expenditures in the United States compromised 11.8 percent of gross domestic product in 1989, while … [other] OECD countries was only 7.4 percent” (Grubaugh & Santerre, 1994, pg.1030). Even though the U.S expends more than any other nation on health care, child …show more content…
This program provides both the patients and the physicians with freedom. Patients can go visit as many doctors as they may please and doctors can prescribe and also admit patients to hospitals without being questioned. This provides both sides an ease of mind knowing that they are doing what is best for the patient. The Canada Health Act is a federal program but providences are the ones who run the program and also do yearly check ups on hospitals and practice to determine their funding. Physicians receive a reimbursement for every patient they care. They only submit the claim to the providence and they pay them back. By having one single administration that manages the pay out to the doctors, it immensely eliminates the administrative cost. Unfortunately, the United States does not have this