 | Health Insurance and Canadian Public Policy: The Seven Decisions That Created the Health Insurance System and Their Outcomes Subjects: National health insurance -- Canada -- History; Medical policy -- Canada -- History; Federal-provincial relations -- Canada -- History -- 20th century; Medicare in Canada is not only this country's most treasured social program, it has become a defining national characteristic. Even with recent concerns over flaws in the system - long wait times, shortages of key service providers - leading to questions about the possible benefits of a two-tiered approach, the consensus is that single-payer, publicly funded health care has worked for forty years to provide Canadians with accessible, high quality services at a much lower cost than in the mainly for-profit system to the south. Taylor Malcolm G. : Malcolm G. Taylor (1915-1994), professor of public policy, Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University, served as consultant to seven provincial governments, medical and hospital associations, the Royal Commission on Health Services, and the HealthMalcolm G. Taylor (1915-1994), professor of public policy, Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University, served as consultant to seven provincial governments, medical and hospital associations, the Royal Commission on Health Services, and the Health |
