Expanding health care coverage in Canada: a dramatic shift in the debate.
Health Econ Policy Law
; 16(3): 371-377, 2021 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1069081
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has shifted the health policy debate in Canada. While the pre-pandemic focus of policy experts and government reports was on the question of whether to add outpatient pharmaceuticals to universal health coverage, the clustering of pandemic deaths in long-term care facilities has spurred calls for federal standards in long-term care (LTC) and its possible inclusion in universal health coverage. This has led to the probability that the federal government will attempt to expand medicare as Canadians have known it for the first time in over a half century. However, these efforts are likely to fail if the federal government relies on the shared-cost federalism that marked the earlier introduction of medicare. Two alternative pathways are suggested, one for LTC and one for pharmaceuticals, that are more likely to succeed given the state of the Canadian federation in the early 21st century.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Long-Term Care
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Health Care Reform
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Universal Health Insurance
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Delivery of Health Care
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Health Policy
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Health Econ Policy Law
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S1744133121000062
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