The Emergence of Universal Medicare

... The Emergence of Universal Medicare in Canada Samah Syed Pre-Ib History CHC2DBd Mr. Middleton 15 May 2009 In 1957, Canada approached creating a publicly funded health insurance system. This originally was provided by the Hospital Insurance & Diagnostic Services Act1, approved by the government. This provided Canadian citizens free hospital care, laboratory and radiological diagnostic services. During 1961, all Canadian provinces and territories had public hospital insurance plans which were covered by the federal government. Canada's universal Medicare was outlined by the Medical Care Act in 19662. This is a nationwide health insurance program which interlocks ten provinces and three territories. This was to ensure that that all Canadian citizens in Canada have access to medical services on a pre-paid basis3. Between the provinces and the federal government, they had arranged cost-shares to supply universal health

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