Canada's Health Care System

Conclusion Canada’s health care system provides universal health insurance program financed through the federal government meaning all citizens of Canada have access to health coverage. However, the policies and the implantation of these policies have neglected factors which are necessary and important for promoting good health. Some of these factors include inequalities in income, living conditions, health services, and food security. An effective way of improving health is to improve living conditions which also improves the social detriments of health (Social Determinants of Health, 2010). Another important policy that needs to be implemented is affordable child care as it would improve early childhood development overall. This can

Individuals with higher income or the elite live in conditions where they have basic necessities and also can fulfill their needs. In contrast those who live on a minimal income or in poverty do not have the luxury of fulfilling their basic necessities in which they have to make sacrifices. These sacrifices may include working long hours and buying processed foods with no nutrients because it is cheaper. Because of these sacrifices one is more prone to ill health because of the risk they are taking. The dilemma here is that we live in country were there is access to these services however there are people who still live in poverty and are homeless mainly because of public policies. If the government was to increase the minimum wage it would slowly reduce and eventually diminish income inequalities. To increase job security and employment policies that includes equal opportunity of pay and hiring, and standards that allow anyone to have adequate source of income needs to be implanted by the government (Social Determinants of Health,

By increasing the prices, it was shown that many individuals were financially burdened though the drug needed was an essential and even prescribed by a doctor or physician. Drug insurance coverage is different in provinces and territories and the insight here would be for the Government to be looking forward to creating a universal Drug coverage insurance plan rather than agreeing to the demands of these companies as expressed by others (The Future of Drug Coverage in Canada, 2015, pg. 17). Private corporations market for costly ineffective new treatments that cause a strain on one who lives on a fixed budget; health authorities must regulate these inequalities with the help of the government. By creating and efficiently implanting solutions to these problems through these insights it will not only help individuals but it will better Canada’s Health Care system economically and financially. This is because, there will be a decrease in labor costs and eventually decrease the health expenditures in Canada (Gagnon,