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A 5 page research paper that outlines the debate of whether or not the Canadian health care system should permit charging user fees. The writer discusses both sides of the issue and then argues in favor of not charging user fees. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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File: D0_khusefee.rtf
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of their ability to pay (Canada Health Act, 2004). The goal of the Canadian health care system is to ensure that all Canadians have access to health care facilities
for all necessary hospital or physicians services on a prepaid basis. However, in recent years, limited financial revenue for the government, as well as other issues, have brought up the
specter of user fees as a means to offset costs and offer faster health services. There are compelling arguments on both sides of the user fee issue in Canada, but
examination of these arguments shows that imposing user fees would ultimately do more harm than good to Canadian health care. Feelings on both sides of this issue run high.
According to Bickerton (2002), labor forces in Canada oppose user fees to the extent that they were considering a general strike to protest infiltration on Canadas ideal of universal health
care. Opponents to user fees point out that the Canada Health Act contains provisions that specifically ban extra-billing and user charges (Canada Health Act, 2004). The law reads that there
are to be "no user charges for insured health services by hospitals or other providers under the terms of the health care insurance plans of the province or territory" (Canada
Health Act, 2004). Nevertheless, recently the provincial government of British Columbia found it necessary to pass legislation levying fines against doctors who accept payments for medically insured services (Guyatt, 2004).
Prior to the passage of the Canada Health Act, according to Guyatt (2004), Canada had a two-tier health care system where user charges provided some citizens with faster health
care services. While passage of the act stopped user charges at the time, Guyatt (2004) argues that in the years since the federal government passed the act, user fees and
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