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Jul 12, 2024 · Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, highlighted recent actions taken by the government to strengthen the public health care system in Canada. The Government of Canada has invested close to $200 billion over 10 years to improve health care services for Canadians.
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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted that the Canadian healthcare system must transform to become a true, resilient healthcare system able to provide timely access to high-quality care to the people of Canada.
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The Canadian health system hasn’t always been this way; it was born out of need in a time of economic crisis. In 1944, voters in the rural province of Saskatchewan, hard-hit during the Great Depression, elected a democratic socialist government after politicians had campaigned for a basic right to health care. At the time, people felt “that the sys...
Today, severe job losses do not leave people completely uninsured in Canada, said Colleen Flood, who directs the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. Amid the pandemic, Canadians can get tested for the virus when they need it and they don’t fear that the cost of a test or treatment could financially break them if COVID-1...
In 2019, health expenses drove more Americans into bankruptcy than any other reason, according to the American Journal of Public Health. That same year, health care consumed 17 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, a greater share than in any other developed country, including Canada, which was at 10.8 percent, according to the latest OECD da...
In early March, Naresh Tinani’s 78-year-old mother had been waiting four months to replace her knee cap. Age and osteoporosis had taken their toll, and she was ready for the relief an elective surgery would bring, he said. She underwent diagnostic tests and consulted with doctors. Within three days of her operation, Tinani said, Canada entered lock...
December 9, 2021 — Since March 2020, Canada’s health care systems have adapted and evolved at an unprecedented rate to respond to COVID-19. CIHI has compiled health system data from the first 3 waves of the pandemic in Canada (March 2020 to June 2021).
Feb 24, 2022 · February 24, 2022 — Since March 2020, Canada’s health care systems have adapted and evolved at an unprecedented rate to respond to COVID-19. CIHI has now compiled health system data from the first 3 waves of the pandemic in Canada (March 2020 to June 2021), including new analyses on emergency departments, hospital services, physician ...
Aug 2, 2023 · Snapshot of Canada’s 4 health care priorities. 88% of Canadians have a regular health provider but others struggle to access care. Resilient health workforce key to pandemic recovery. Canadians short on access to care for mental health and substance use.
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Feb 7, 2023 · The Government of Canada intends to work collaboratively with provinces and territories on four shared health priorities to improve integrated health care for Canadians: expanding access to family health services, including in rural and remote areas; supporting our health workers and reducing backlogs;
