| Canada has many similarities to many other | | | | morality rates. These facts speak very |
| former members of the British Empire, and in | | | | highly about the quality of Canadian health |
| particular the mother country. Its capital | | | | care. |
| Ottawa even feels like an English town. | | | | |
| Canadian health care is no exception to this. | | | | The Health Care Debate |
| The Canadian health care system is based on | | | | |
| the social system of providing health care to | | | | The continuation of the socialized Canadian |
| all with options on more individual health | | | | medical system seems to be a subject that |
| care for those who wish to spend additional | | | | constantly develops political controversy and |
| funds. In Canada this is done through | | | | debate. However, the quality of the health |
| socialized health insurance plans that are | | | | services itself leads one to question whether |
| designed to provide coverage for all Canadian | | | | the issue should even be debated at all. |
| citizens. These insurance plans are publicly | | | | There are some Canadians who even question |
| funded and administered by each province or | | | | the efficiencies of the current system as it |
| territory. | | | | attempts to deliver quality Canadian health |
| | | | in a timely fashion. |
| The guidelines for overall coverage are set | | | | |
| by the Canadian government. As in the United | | | | Many Canadians think that an almost |
| Kingdom, Canadian medical care provides | | | | completely private system similar to the |
| preventative care and medical treatments from | | | | United States should be adopted in Canada. |
| primary care physicians, as well as, access | | | | However, as the American system proves there |
| to hospitals, dental surgery and additional | | | | are vast inequalities in the U.S. system that |
| medical services as the services are needed. | | | | has everyone concerned as the costs of health |
| There are very few exceptions to this rule | | | | care continue to spiral. The Canadian system |
| and most Canadians get the medical care they | | | | is not cheap and over 40% of collected taxes |
| need. The reason that Canadian medical care | | | | go to fund Canadian health care. |
| is so good is that the standards of this | | | | |
| subsidized practice are so high that doctors | | | | The Canadian Doctor |
| from around the world recognize the quality | | | | |
| of the care. | | | | Like all doctors across the world, the |
| | | | Canadian doctor is absolutely focused on the |
| One of the facts that are used to boast of | | | | provision of care and the rendering of no |
| the quality of Canadian medical care is the | | | | harm to the patient. Canadian medical care |
| life expectancy of the average Canadian. | | | | has some of the best doctors in the world, |
| Canada has one of the highest life | | | | and the majority of these doctors are |
| expectancies of any western nation of about | | | | available to anyone regardless of means. |
| 80 years, and also one of the lowest infant | | | | |