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Canadas health care systemCurrent and future roles of Private and Public systemsBy: Ariel, Grace, Shannon, Jazz, Lindsey & Erin

2Overview1. The current state of canadian public healthcareCanada health actAdvantages & disadvantagesEmergency services in BC2. The utilization of privatized healthcarePurpose Funding Delivery of care 3. Healthcare in the United StatesAssesment prior to 2010The current stateAffordable care actConclusion Options for future changeQuestionsJeopardy!

3The Canada Health Act (CHA or the Act) The CHAs mission statement reads: "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.

Public Funded Health Care- 4Public Funded Health CareAdvantages Affordable Assessable Nondiscriminatory Lower and middle classCheap prepaid basis

DisadvantagesWait times Asymmetrical across provinces Eliminates supplementary careHigh demand for family practitioners

BC Emergency Health ServicesMedical services plan beneficiaries (ground or air)80 $ fee for ambulance transport Care home to hospitalResidence to hospitalTransfers between hospitals Is free

Non-Medical Service Plan beneficiaries$530 flat fee (ground service)$2,746 per hour (helicopter)$7 per statute mile (airplane)

What is Private Health Care?Insurance you can buy or that is provided through employment

Fully or partially covers the cost of dental, vision and prescription medication Provides access to private clinics: MRI scans, CT scans, ultrasounds etc.

Where can you buy private insurance?Insurance brokersA well known private insurance across Canada is Blue Cross

What does TRU offer students for coverage?Covers dental, health, prescription medications, and travel insurance Covers a dollar amount per month or per year to help cover services such asMessage therapy, chiropractor, physiotherapy, and many more

http://www.bluecross.ca/en/products.html8Private 100 Dave was riding his motorcycle and fell off his bike and has a broken foot. He took an ambulance and received a CT scan within 10 minutes of arriving at the clinic. Why did he have a shorter wait?

Answer: He went to a private emergency clinic.

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Answer: Medicarehttp://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/medi-assur/index-eng.php22Public 400 True or False: There is a shortage of general physicians in Canada.

Answer: True

Fun Fact: across the country, there is 214 physcians for every 100,000 Canadians. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-has-more-doctors-making-more-money-than-ever/article14562208/21Public 300 Mike was having so much fun at RT bowling that he broke his thumb while getting a strike. He rode in an ambulance as all the students were unable to safely drive him to the hospital. Mike waited at the hospital for 5 hours to see a physician. Did Mike go to a private or public health care facility?

Answer: Public

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Introducing Affordable Care ActCreate a universal health care systemExpansion of MedicaidYouth up to and including age 259 million+ citizens have gained insurance

Medicaid expansion does not apply to all states can refuse expansion

14SummaryPublic Health CareMost recognizedAccessible through publically funded insurance

Private Health CareOffers services not accessible through publicAccessible through employment or private insurance

United StatesAccessible nationwide

Options for future changes? Concerns?A combination of public and private health care?More even distribution of government funds?

JeopardyPublic Private 100100200200300300400400500500USA 400500

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