A Comparison of Healthcare in Canada and the United States

The Canadian health care system began in 1946 and consists of a group of social health insurance schemes that provide insurance to all Canadian citizens. It is publicly funded and managed in the state or region according to the rules established by the federal government. Since the late 1960's Canadian mandatory health insurance system has covered all services provided by doctors and hospitals. In 1966, the Leicester B Pearson government expanded its universal health policy through medical bills.

Medical care is one of the most expensive projects of both countries' budget. In the United States, per capita expenditure at all government levels is higher than Canada's government expenditure. Canadian government expenditure in 2004 was $ 2120 per person (US dollar) and US government expenditure was $ 2,724. According to the report of 1999, after excluding, the manager occupied 31.0% of the medical expenses of the United States, accounting for 16.7% of Canada. Investigating the insurance business, in Canada, sales of state single-payer insurance systems are 1.3%, personal insurance costs (13.2%), American private insurance premiums (11.7%), and US Medicare and Medicaid program management There was a commission. More advantageous. (3.6% and 6.8% respectively)

Critics of the US healthcare system use this comparison to prove that the US is inefficient. They point out that some countries (Canada, France, and Japan etc.) paying lower medical expenses have a higher average life expectancy. As in many other countries, they sometimes say that relying on the government rather than private health insurance can reduce costs without adversely affecting health effects. Advocates of US healthcare systems that accept some reforms may reduce costs, but they feel that it is difficult to draw reliable conclusions from international comparisons. For example, the obesity rate in the United States is higher than the obesity rate in the other six countries in Figure 4. The higher the obesity rate, the longer the life expectancy, the higher the medical expenses.