History of medicine in Canada
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The first medical schools were established in
18th century
19th century
The first medical schools were established in Lower Canada in the 1820s. These included the
20th century
The twentieth century saw the discovery of
The early 20th century saw the first widespread calls for increased government involvement and the idea of a national health insurance system had considerable popularity. During the
The beginning of coverage
It was not until 1947[8] that the first Canadian province introduced near universal health coverage. Saskatchewan long had a shortage of doctors, leading to the creation of municipal doctor programs in the early twentieth century in which a town would subsidize a doctor to practice there. Soon after, groups of communities joined to open union hospitals under a similar model. There had thus been a long history of government involvement in Saskatchewan health care, and a significant section of it was already controlled and paid for by the government. In 1946, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government in Saskatchewan passed the Saskatchewan Hospitalization Act, which guaranteed free hospital care for much of the population. Tommy Douglas had hoped to provide universal health care, but the province did not have the money.
In 1950, Alberta's Social Credit Party also introduced a public health care plan. Alberta, however, created Medical Services (Alberta) Incorporated (MS(A)I) in 1948 to provide prepaid health services. This scheme eventually provided medical coverage to over 90% of the population.[9]
In 1957, the majority
By 1961, all ten provinces had agreed to start HIDS Act programs. In Saskatchewan, the act meant that half of their current program would now be paid for by the federal government. C.C.F. Premier
Medical Care Act
The programs in Saskatchewan and Alberta proved a success and the federal government of
See also
References
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