Canada's Universal Health Care System

The planet's third largest continent, North America, is home to two neighboring countries with two very different healthcare systems: Canada and the United States (US). Canadians have better access to health care than Americans; that is one of the biggest benefits to the Canadian health care system. The practice of medicine and being involved in health care includes treatment, diagnosis, injuries, correction of human conditions, devices, methods, physical or mental infirmities, and being able to successfully perform a surgical operation. The practice of medicine in healthcare is said to go back to the early ages of 2600 BC when 200 diseases were described and given treatments and diagnoses (Hajar, R. 2015), which means great measures have

This system is a publically funded health care system that is paid through taxes; it is readily available to anyone who enrolls in the program. With having a free health care system, people are not spending all of their savings on a family member's life, or their own, and will seek the medical attention they need. Therefore, many people have great respect for this system, but there are still many of faults people are finding. “Our system has been rocked by budget cutbacks, changes in finding and priorities, and organizational shifts based on political needs and fiscal restraint. Even in the wealthy provinces there have been draconian changes in the funding formulas and in regional organization and delivery of care. Not all have been successful, and the politicians are returning to previous organizational structures” (Meakins, J. L. 2000, para 1). Stated by Jonathan L. Meakins (2000), although our system does not even compare with other systems, he feels as though Canada is not getting their money's worth. Not every province in Canada equally shares the same political and financial statuses, therefore, rising concerns of cutbacks and gains to provinces based on financial status. Each province has taken their knowledge of past statistics and their feedback from the public to try and figure out a common basis on how to efficiently run a successful

United States Healthcare People who are uninsured and people who are insured live totally different lives, even outside of the healthcare world. More times than not, people who come from poorer parts of a country will be uninsured which makes it harder to seek medical attention and find help when needed. People who live in parts of a country that are better off with a better economic base have more people who are working and given insurance through their job. These are the people who tend to take better care of themselves by going to the hospital when needed.

“In the USA, there is no such thing as a "typical" uninsured person. The uninsured are a diverse group that includes people who cannot afford private health insurance; work in small businesses that do not offer insurance; simply choose not to purchase health insurance, even though they can afford it, or are eligible but are not enrolled in government-sponsored programs, such as Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and are recent immigrants. Medicaid pays for health care services provided to low-income, elderly, and disabled persons, and CHIP insures children of working families that cannot afford private health insurance but earn too much to qualify for Medicaid. Many of the 45 million Americans who are uninsured are working but simply cannot afford health insurance” (Thompson, & Lee, 2007