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The Canada Health Act (CHA or the Act) is Canada's federal legislation for publicly funded health care insurance. The Act sets out the primary objective of Canadian health care policy, which is "to protect, promote and restore the physical and mental well-being of residents of Canada and to facilitate reasonable access to health services ...
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The Workplace Safety and Insurance Actprovides: A worker entitled to benefits under the insurance plan is entitled to such health care as may be necessary, appropriate, and sufficient as a result of the injury.
Definitions
Health professional — is a member of a college of a health profession as defined in the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA). Health professionals include, but are not limited to 1. physicians and surgeons 2. chiropractors 3. dentists and oral surgeons 4. massage therapists 5. occupational therapists 6. optometrists 7. physiotherapists 8. psychologists 9. registered nurses (extended class) 10. registered nurses, and 11. speech therapists. Health care practitioner— is 1. any health pr...
Location of health care
Generally, workers receive health care at the office or facility of the health care practitioner. The WSIB must pre-approve treatment that is to be provided in the worker’s home. If there are health care practitioners available in the worker’s region, the WSIB does not expect the worker to travel outside of his/her region to obtain care. As well, the WSIB does not expect a health care practitioner to travel to the worker's region to provide care. For more on the payment of travel expenses for...
Pre-approval of health care
In some cases, the WSIB must pre-approve the worker’s health care. For more information, see 17-01-03, Choice and Change of Health Professional. As well, the WSIB must pre-approve treatment from a health care practitioner who is not registered with the WSIB.
Legislative Authority
Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, as amended Sections 2, 32, 33 Workers' Compensation Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended Section 50
Minute
Administrative #4, December 19, 2022, Page 608
Dec 17, 2019 · The Canada Health Act (CHA) states that. the primary objective of Canadian health care policy is to protect, promote and restore the physical and mental well-being of residents of Canada and to facilitate reasonable access to health services without financial or other barriers. 1. This legislation, along with the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) 2 ...
Canada has a predominantly publicly financed and administered health care system. The Canadian health insurance system is achieved through 13 interlocking provincial and territorial health care insurance plans, and is designed to ensure that all eligible residents of Canadian provinces and territories have reasonable access to medically necessary
About Medicare. Medicare is a term that refers to Canada's publicly funded health care system. Instead of having a single national plan, we have 13 provincial and territorial health care insurance plans. Under this system, all Canadian residents have reasonable access to medically necessary hospital and physician services without paying out-of ...
Purpose of this Act. 4 The purpose of this Act is to establish criteria and conditions in respect of insured health services and extended health care services provided under provincial law that must be met before a full cash contribution may be made. R.S., 1985, c. C-6, s. 4. 1995, c. 17, s. 35.
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Health Policy. Canada's national health-insurance program (also called medicare) is designed to ensure that every resident of Canada receives medical care and hospital treatment, the cost of which is paid through general taxes or through compulsory health-insurance premiums. Medicare developed in 2 stages.
