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History of Canada's Health Plan

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  1. [RealAudio] History of Canada's Health Plan
  2. [RealAudio] How Did Canada Achieve What We Have Been Unable to Do Here?
  3. [RealAudio] Map of Canada
  4. [RealAudio] Are Canadians Different from Americans?
  5. [RealAudio] Early History
  6. [RealAudio] Blue Cross Hospital Insurance
  7. [RealAudio] Voluntary Non-Profit Plans
  8. [RealAudio] Commercial Insurance
  9. [RealAudio] Saskatchewan and the CCF
  10. [RealAudio] The Saskatchewan Hospital Plan
  11. [RealAudio] The Federal Initiative for Hospital Insurance
  12. [RealAudio] The Division of Responsibilities
  13. [RealAudio] Newspaper Headlines in 1955 Regarding Hospital Insurance
  14. [RealAudio] 1957 Parliment Passed HIDS Unianimously (165/0)
  15. [RealAudio] Saskatchewan Got a Windfall
  16. [RealAudio] Saskatchewan's Medical Care Insurance
  17. [RealAudio] Escalation
  18. [RealAudio] Doctors Had 4 Options
  19. [RealAudio] They Feared Loss of Professional Freedom
  20. [RealAudio] Mediation and Compromise
  21. [RealAudio] The Compromise: 4 Ways to Practice
  22. [RealAudio] The Aftermath
  23. [RealAudio] Surprise!
  24. [RealAudio] Saskatchewan Showed How Successful a Plan Could Be
  25. [RealAudio] Physicians and Politicians Learned
  26. [RealAudio] National Medical Care Insurance
  27. [RealAudio] 1966, The Medical Care Insurance Bill Passed (177/2)
  28. [RealAudio] Principles Demanded By Ottawa
  29. [RealAudio] The Evolution of the System
  30. [RealAudio] Ottawa Could Not Afford its Commitment
  31. [RealAudio] A New Royal Commision 1979
  32. [RealAudio] Canadian Health Act 1984
  33. [RealAudio] Opting Out, Extra Billing, Balance Billing
  34. [RealAudio] Canada's Health System Today
  35. [RealAudio] Methods of Financing
  36. [RealAudio] Ongoing Problem of Cost Containment
   Author: Dr. Bill Cumming, M.D. / cummingb@xray.ufl.edu
  Contact: Russell Fielding / rtfield@ufl.edu
  Version: Produced by the Office of Medical Informatics
Copyright: 1999 by the University of Florida
 Location: http://medinfo.ufl.edu/other/histmed/cumming/index.html
  Created: July 8, 1999   Modified: July 12, 1999