HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Health Care Administration

Health Care Plan In Canada

Health Care Plan In Canada

The usual objections to the sort of national program of Canada may be based on a number of ideas we can anticipate. First, we can't afford a national health care system. A single-payer system would be far more cost-effective, since it would eliminate excess administrative costs, profits, cost-shifting and unnecessary duplication. Furthermore, it would permit the establishment of an overall budget and the fair and rational distribution of resources.

Secondly, innovative technologies would be scarce under a single-payer system. We would have long waiting lists for operations and procedures, and ...