Letitia McDougall
Jan 29, 2023
The Canada Health Act was established in 1984 to bolster the existing legislation. The following resources help us to understand and evaluate differing ways the act can / should be modernized in today's dynamic healthcare environment.
This page maintained by the Canadian Government provides an outline as well as indepth information related to the Canada Health Act.Â
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In 2002, Flood and Thomas introduced the idea of reforming the Canada Health Act in a Discussion Paper published in conjunction with the Commision on the Future of Health Care in Canada.Â
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In this 2016 paper, Flood and Thomas go on to explain the imperative notion of strengthening the Canada Health Act by increasing the government accountability while also making significant improvements in the universal accessibility of the system across the country.Â