American Vs Canadian HealthCare
American Vs Canadian HealthCare; The health care system refers to a combination of resources, institutions, and people to deliver health services to a target population. Different nations in the world use different health care systems depending on the resources at their disposal and the needs of their people. Although the health care systems differ greatly between countries, all the systems have one main goal and that is to provide primary health care. The planning of health care systems in some countries is distributed among all the players in the market.
In other countries planning is done by governments, religious institutions, trade unions, and charitable organizations. The health care system of a particular country reflects the culture, history, and the economic state of that country. The health care providers include doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and therapists to mention a few. This paper aims to compare the system of care in America to that of Canada.
The health care system of the United States America is among the few developed countries without universal health care. According to Martin 64 percent of health spending in America was paid by the government in the 2013 financial year. The United States financed health care through programs such as Veterans Health Administration, Medicare, Childrens Health Insurance, and Medicaid.
American Vs Canadian HealthCare
The rate of uninsured Americans by the fourth quarter of 2018 was 13.7 percent. Canada’s health system
Canada is among the few countries that have universal health coverage in the world. Between 65 to 57 percent of Canadians have some form of health insurance and receive it either through their employers or social service provides that the health spending of Canada in 2017 was $242 billion which was 11.5 percent of the countrys GDP that year. Lastly, provinces in Canada provide partial cover for children, people living in extreme poverty, and the elderly. APA