Title of article :
Separated at Birth: The Politics of Pharmacare for All in Canada and Medicare for All in the United States Comment on “Universal Pharmacare in Canada”
Author/Authors :
Tuohy, Carolyn Hughes Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy - University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Pages :
3
From page :
162
To page :
164
Abstract :
Policy decisions about healthcare coverage in Canada and the United States in the 1960s placed two virtually identical systems on different evolutionary paths in the physician and hospital sectors. However, prescription drug coverage remained outside Canada’s single-payer model, and employer-based coverage continued to be the norm for the workforce population, as is the case across the broad healthcare system in the United States. As a result the current debate about pharmacare in Canada mirrors in political microcosm the larger debate on universal health insurance among American Democrats. In each case the near-term prospects for a single-payer plan appear slim.
Keywords :
United States , Canada , Medicare for All , Universal Pharmacare , Healthcare Politics
Journal title :
International Journal of Health Policy and Management(IJHPM)
Serial Year :
2021
Record number :
2614797
Link To Document :
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