Universal Health Care: A Comparison of US and Canadian Healthcare Systems
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This article compares the healthcare systems of the US and Canada, with a focus on the benefits of universal healthcare. It discusses the need for policy reforms and changes to address the corrupt practices in the healthcare insurance and industry. The article also provides an overview of the documentary 'Sicko' by Michael Moore.
Universal Health Care: A Comparison of US and Canadian Healthcare Systems
Added on 2023-06-01
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The documentary “Sicko” by Michael Moore on the Unites States Health care system was one of the most detailed documentaries that address the corrupt practices that are involved in the healthcare insurance and the healthcare industry. The documentary had been written and directed by Michael Moore and was edited by Christopher Seward, Geoffrey Richman and Dan Sweitlik (Scott, 2018). The documentary revolves around experiences of several individuals, who have been either denied of their coverage even after being ensured. Moore travels through the origin of the healthcare system to its reformation through changing political powers. The documentary set in an editorial critic style can be observes the stories of the numerous people who have been part of the health care system, who have not been part of the system, and gives an overview of the universal health care systems as compared to for-profit non universal healthcare system in the unites states. Michael Moore gives an insight into the tricky, manipulative and degenerative healthcare system that aims at maximizing profit for the private health care companies, who are more inclined to decline the insured customers by manipulating the cases in their favour. Michael travels across developed economies that have a universal education system and develop. Michael Moore experiences the universal health care plan developed in Canada, France, United Kingdom and Cuba (Maldonado, 2015). The movie finally ends up with a Cuban extradition of few patients and back and giving the viewers a live experience of healthcare system of Cuba. The movie compares the various differences that universal health care systems provide and contrasts them with the US healthcare system. Several individuals have been interviewed and their experiences with respect to health policies were recorded. The movie sends a sturdy message to the policy makers of the health care industry in the US and uses intelligent techniques 1
to deliver the impact. The factual presentation of data represents the horrifying scenario in public healthcare in the country (Marmor, Okma, & Rojas, 2007). The comparison of public health care system in the US will be done with comparisons of the health care system in the Canada. Canada has implemented the Universal Healthcare System which is commonly known as Medicare in the Canada. Canada provides easily accessible healthcare systems to its individuals and is reimbursed form public funded money.The health care system provides coverage of all basic health care and excludes prescription drugs and home and long term care. The cost effective nature of the Medicare system is due to the administrative simplicities that are implemented in the health care system. The billing and financial issues are looked after by the medical practitioners in respective provinces (Reich et al., 2016). The US health care system can adopt the Canadian Healthcare system in the American way and devise policies that are best applied in the American scenarios. Both the countries being administratively similar have greater chances of successful implementation. The necessary requirement to boost public healthcare involves participation of the government and the private entities with synchronization. The success of the implementation of the pubic health care service in the United Service will reduce costs and increase the amount of coverage ensured. The service will also expand the health care choices that are available to Americans across all sections. The Obamacare being repealed out leaves the policy makers with open ended choice to implement fresh policies that can be devised with extensive research and experiences from the past. The implementation of the policy can definitely be done by empowering the respective states with authority similar to the Canadian health system. The Canadian Health Care system has been designed to cater to all the citizens and removes fragmentation of administrative policies by single payer policy. A brief overview of the Canadian health Care system can be reviewed to 2
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