2013-10-24

History Of Canadian Public Health

What I'm trying to get more information is how the public and medical profession viewed the debate on universal health care here in Canada which stretches as far back as the 1920s.

I finally came across something that touches on this.

It's from Civilization.ca.

State medicine or health insurance?

More here.

What I should be doing is hitting the library and pulling out newspaper clippings.

What I'm trying to get more information is how the public and medical profession viewed the debate on universal health care here in Canada which stretches as far back as the 1920s.

I finally came across something that touches on this.

It's from (Canadian Museum of Civilization) Civilization.ca.

State medicine or health insurance?

More here.

What I should be doing is hitting the library and pulling out newspaper clippings.

Anyway. Moving along:

"Although the Department of Health had been careful not to infringe on provincial sovereignty, the Department of Justice concluded that the federal authorities had no legal basis for involvement in health matters other than those specified in section 91 of the British North America Act. This pronouncement was to have long-term consequences for the development of health policy." 

"...The Great Depression would prove to be the catalyst for redefining Canadians’ values, leading to the initial attempts to create provincial health insurance plans..." 

The Great Depression accelerated social-welfare policies in North America.

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