Is two-tier health care the future? /

Is two-tier health care the future? /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Ottawa, Ontario : University of Ottawa Press, 2020.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Law, technology and media
Law, technology, and media.
Subject:
Medical care -- Canada -- Evaluation.
Medical policy -- Canada.
Medical care -- Law and legislation -- Canada.
Medical policy -- Case studies.
Public-private sector cooperation -- Case studies.
Public health administration.
Medical care.
Medical policy.
Medical laws and legislation.
Public Health Administration
Delivery of Health Care
Health Policy
Legislation, Medical
Medical care -- Evaluation.
Medical care -- Law and legislation.
Medical policy.
Public-private sector cooperation.
Canada
Canada.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12315733
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:Flood, Colleen M., editor.
Thomas, Bryan, 1973- editor.
ISBN:9780776628080
0776628089
0776628097
9780776628103
0776628100
9780776628097
9780776628073
0776628070
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Canadians are deeply worried about wait times for health and this book explores whether or not two-tier health care is a solution. Entrepreneurial doctors and private clinics are bringing Charter challenges to existing laws restrictive of a two-tier system. They argue (wrongly in our view) that Canada is an outlier amongst developed countries in limiting options to jump the queue. In this book, leading researchers explore the public and private mix in Canada and within countries such as Australia, Germany, France and Ireland. We explain the history and complexity of interactions between public and private funding of health care. We also explain the many regulations and policies found in different countries used to both inhibit and sometimes to encourage two-tier care (for example, tax breaks). If a Canadian court strikes down laws restrictive of two-tier, Canadian governments can (i) permit and even encourage two-tier care to grow; (ii) pass new regulations that allow a small measure of two-tier care; or (iii) take positive steps to eliminate wait times in Canadian health care, and thereby reduce demand for two-tier care. We argue for option three as the best means to ensure Canadian principles of equity in access, ensure timely care, and fend off constitutional challenges. This work is critical not only for court challenges but also for Canadian governments who need the best evidence possible about different approaches to regulating two-tier care if they are forced by a court to revisit existing laws as a result of a successful Charter challenge."--
Other form:Print version: Is two-tier health care the future? Ottawa, Ontario : University of Ottawa Press, 2020 0776628070 9780776628073

"....overcoming the many barriersand interest groups opposed to universal medicare was a hard-won political warwaged over many years, particularly with respect to medical associations whofought tooth and nail against the prospect of a public health care system andvarious politicians who were ideologically in favour of maintaining a significantrole for private health insurance.  Themelange of laws that exist across the provinces, and the Canada Health Actitself, are thus a product of the particular history and context of medicare,including political accommodations necessary to bring doctors into the publicplan (for example, they are not public employees but independent contractorsmostly paid on a fee-for-service basis with still relatively littlegovernmental control over their clinical decision-making)."

Excerpted from Is Two-Tier Health Care the Future? by Sara Allin, Sarah Barry, Sara Burke, Danielle Dawson, Stephen Duckett, Noushon Farmanara, Lorraine Doetter, Vanessa Gruben, Carolyn Hughes Tuohy, Jeremiah E. Hurley, Martha Jackman, Bridget Johnston, Fiona McDonald, Rachel McKay, Jonathan Mullen, Zeynep Or, Gregory P. Marchildon, Aurélie Pierre, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, David Rudoler, Achim Schmid, Rikke Siersbaek, Stephen Thomas All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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