Medicare (Canada)
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Medicare (Canada) is the publicly funded, universal healthcare system that provides medically necessary hospital and physician services to residents across Canada.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Medicare (Canada) canonical | 7 |
| Canadian Medicare | 1 |
| assurance-maladie (Canada) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
health insurance program
ⓘ
publicly funded healthcare system ⓘ universal healthcare system ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
provincial governments
ⓘ
territorial governments ⓘ |
| allows | supplementary private insurance for non-covered services ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Canada’s publicly funded health care system
ⓘ
Medicare (Canada) ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Medicare
|
| corePrinciple |
accessibility
ⓘ
comprehensiveness ⓘ portability ⓘ public administration ⓘ universality ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| coverageArea | Canada ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
Canadian citizen or permanent resident status (with some exceptions)
ⓘ
residency in a province or territory ⓘ |
| excludes |
cosmetic surgery not medically necessary
ⓘ
most dental care ⓘ most long-term care costs ⓘ most outpatient prescription drugs ⓘ most vision care for adults ⓘ |
| fundingModel | publicly funded ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
federal government transfers
ⓘ
general taxation ⓘ provincial and territorial revenues ⓘ |
| governedBy | Canada Health Act ⓘ |
| hasFrenchName |
Medicare (Canada)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
assurance-maladie (Canada)
|
| historicalMilestone |
Canada Health Act
ⓘ
surface form:
Canada Health Act 1984
Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act 1957 ⓘ Medical Care Act 1966 ⓘ |
| implemented | 1960s ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | English ⓘ |
| objective | ensure reasonable access to medically necessary services without financial barriers ⓘ |
| overseenBy |
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of Canada
|
| paymentAtPointOfCare | no direct charge for insured services ⓘ |
| populationCovered | majority of Canadian residents ⓘ |
| primaryPayerFor |
inpatient hospital care
ⓘ
medically necessary physician visits ⓘ |
| prohibits |
extra-billing for insured services under the Canada Health Act
ⓘ
user charges for insured services under the Canada Health Act ⓘ |
| provides |
diagnostic services in hospitals
ⓘ
medically necessary hospital services ⓘ medically necessary physician services ⓘ |
| relatedSystem | provincial health insurance plans ⓘ |
| sector | healthcare ⓘ |
| serviceDeliveryModel |
independent fee-for-service physicians
ⓘ
predominantly private, not-for-profit hospitals ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Canadian Medicare
this entity surface form:
assurance-maladie (Canada)