In 1984, Canada reformed the healthcare system once more, and The Canada Health Act was formed and named Medicare. Canada's healthcare system provides healthcare to all citizens in all the providences of Canada. ... Canada reformed the healthcare again in 1984, creating the Canada Health Act of 1984. ... Canada's healthcare system is funded by taxes. ... The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reports Canada has about sixty percent as many medical imaging machines per population as the average OECD nation and lags well behind some of the leaders in this rega...

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The desired end result in this approach is to provide a more even distribution of wealth amongst the population. ... Poor government decision-making leaves those in the medical profession with little incentive to remain in Canada. ... Similarly, although Canada ranks among the best in the world for education, as stated recently in the Windsor Star, I believe there remains vast room for improvement. ... I am relieved, however, that education is more subsidized by the government in Canada than it is in the United States, where only the wealthy can afford to attend the best schools. ... The c...

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Over 15 major U.S. and Canadian cities have declared a rare medical state of emergency due to the fast-spreading nature of the disease. ... However, as the temperatures warmed up after the passage of the cold front, Droopitis really began to explode across the general population. ... In late August 2003, the disease had spread rapidly across all parts of Canada and the U.S. ... Droopitis is quite a scary disease to the general public, due to its relative mysteriousness to scientists and the population in general. ... The first step to containing Droopitis is making the general population aw...

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For example, in Great Britain, a country with a population of only 55 million, more than 800,000 patients were waiting for surgery at one time in 1992. As shown before, surgeons in Canada report that, for heart patients, the danger of dying on the waiting list now exceeds the danger of dying on the operating table. ... In Canada, modern technology is practically unavailable. ... While Canada is regarded as the "model" for America, its population is only 30 million as opposed to the U.S.'... Canada does not have a flawless system and the wait times would be dramatically higher if America d...

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In today's medicine, about fifty to sixty percent of pharmaceutical drugs "are either of natural origin or obtained through use of natural products" (Government of Canada). ... In order to meet the populations increasing demand for medicine, the act of over-harvesting transpires. ...

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These programs segment the population into unequal fragments: rich and poor, healthy and sick, young and old, unemployed and employed. ... For instance, suppose a Canadian injures himself and the injury requires stitches. ...

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