Canada Healthcare vs US Healthcare
Canada Healthcare vs. U.S. Healthcare
The health care system in the United States has been a subject of criticism in terms of its effectiveness in the delivery. Arguably, the Canadian health care system model best suits the United States health care requirements. The United States and Canada had similar health care systems before Canada opted to reform its health care policies during the 1960’s and 70’s. Presently, the health care systems in the two countries are quite different, with the Canadian health care system consisting of a single payer, which is majorly publicly funded (Conklin, 2004). The health care system in the United States is a multi-payer system, which is mostly privately funded. The cultural orientations of both countries are somewhat similar which implies that the effective Canadian health care system can be applied in the U.S. and yield similar results. This essay attempts to compare the health care systems in the United States and Canada basing on access and coverage, cost, quality and continuity.
In terms of access to health care and coverage, the Canadian health care system is more efficient compared to the U.S. health care system. This can be attributed to the fact that Canada offers universal health care access to its citizens, contrary to the U.S. Furthermore, it is revealed that approximately 40 per cent of the United States citizens do not have access to health care insurance schemes (Naylor, 2003). Studies further depict that one out of every five non-elderly U.S. citizens are not insured in terms of health care, considering the fact that the U.S. health care system is mostly privately funded. It is evident that the federal government of the U.S. has no provisions for universal access to health care, contrary to the Canadian health care plans whereby the Canadian government assures its citizens of universal access to health care and associated facilities. Although access to health care system in both countries is still problematic,
The health care system in the United States has been a subject of criticism in terms of its effectiveness in the delivery. Arguably, the Canadian health care system model best suits the United States health care requirements. The United States and Canada had similar health care systems before Canada opted to reform its health care policies during the 1960’s and 70’s. Presently, the health care systems in the two countries are quite different, with the Canadian health care system consisting of a single payer, which is majorly publicly funded (Conklin, 2004). The health care system in the United States is a multi-payer system, which is mostly privately funded. The cultural orientations of both countries are somewhat similar which implies that the effective Canadian health care system can be applied in the U.S. and yield similar results. This essay attempts to compare the health care systems in the United States and Canada basing on access and coverage, cost, quality and continuity.
In terms of access to health care and coverage, the Canadian health care system is more efficient compared to the U.S. health care system. This can be attributed to the fact that Canada offers universal health care access to its citizens, contrary to the U.S. Furthermore, it is revealed that approximately 40 per cent of the United States citizens do not have access to health care insurance schemes (Naylor, 2003). Studies further depict that one out of every five non-elderly U.S. citizens are not insured in terms of health care, considering the fact that the U.S. health care system is mostly privately funded. It is evident that the federal government of the U.S. has no provisions for universal access to health care, contrary to the Canadian health care plans whereby the Canadian government assures its citizens of universal access to health care and associated facilities. Although access to health care system in both countries is still problematic,