Comparison and Contrasts of the United States and Canadian Health Care Systems
Comparison and Contrasts of the United States and Canadian Health Care Systems
The National healthcare debate is one that has been a continuing arguing point for the last decade. The goal is to provide healthcare to all Americans, regardless of whether they are able to afford insurance or not. In 2009, the U.S. National Health Care Act failed to come to be debated in the house. This Act would have called for the creation of a universal single-payer health care system. Under the policies this Act would enact, all medically-necessary medical care decided between doctor and patient would be paid for automatically and directly by the Government of the United States. In place of this Act, the compromise was the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) which focuses on reform of the private health insurance market, provide better coverage for those with pre-existing conditions, improve prescription drug coverage in Medicare and extend the life of the Medicare Trust fund and the amendment to this bill, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Prior to the passage of these two bills there had been great comparison to of the National Health Care Act to universal health care coverage provided by our neighbor to the north. The opposition to these reforms in health care tried to stir panic in the hearts of Americans by stating that the new health care bill would create “death panels” to determine who will receive lifesaving medical care. As the healthcare debate rages in political and public opinion, a key arguing point is the comparison and contrast of the healthcare delivery in the United States and Canada. Four key points of this comparison and contrast study are the aspects of access, quality, cost, and continuity. Access to medical care is one of the most important aspects of healthcare delivery. Without proper access, those who need medical care would have to wait an unnecessary amount of
The National healthcare debate is one that has been a continuing arguing point for the last decade. The goal is to provide healthcare to all Americans, regardless of whether they are able to afford insurance or not. In 2009, the U.S. National Health Care Act failed to come to be debated in the house. This Act would have called for the creation of a universal single-payer health care system. Under the policies this Act would enact, all medically-necessary medical care decided between doctor and patient would be paid for automatically and directly by the Government of the United States. In place of this Act, the compromise was the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) which focuses on reform of the private health insurance market, provide better coverage for those with pre-existing conditions, improve prescription drug coverage in Medicare and extend the life of the Medicare Trust fund and the amendment to this bill, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Prior to the passage of these two bills there had been great comparison to of the National Health Care Act to universal health care coverage provided by our neighbor to the north. The opposition to these reforms in health care tried to stir panic in the hearts of Americans by stating that the new health care bill would create “death panels” to determine who will receive lifesaving medical care. As the healthcare debate rages in political and public opinion, a key arguing point is the comparison and contrast of the healthcare delivery in the United States and Canada. Four key points of this comparison and contrast study are the aspects of access, quality, cost, and continuity. Access to medical care is one of the most important aspects of healthcare delivery. Without proper access, those who need medical care would have to wait an unnecessary amount of
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