Comparative Analysis of Health Platforms in Canadian Elections

This report provides a comparative analysis of the health platforms of the NDP, Liberals, Conservatives, and Greens in the Canadian elections. It examines each party's key proposals, including pharmacare, dental care, mental health services, and environmental health initiatives. The report highlights the NDP's universal national pharmacare plan and focus on dental care, the Liberals' emphasis on improving healthcare accessibility and mental health services, the Conservatives' focus on medical equipment funding and fiscal responsibility, and the Greens' emphasis on environmental health and expanding Medicare. The analysis provides a detailed overview of each party's approach to healthcare, offering insights into their priorities and potential impact on the Canadian healthcare system. The report concludes by identifying the Green party as the one that has clearly shown interest in sincerely improving the health situation the Canadian government.

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Health Platforms of parties in The Canada Elections
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HEALTH PLATFORMS IN THE CANADIAN ELECTIONS
Introduction
Healthcare is considered to be a crucial aspect in any given country and according to the
Canadian government, it is clear that the government has taken it upon itself to set various
priorities in health care sector together with going ahead to ensure that there is maximum health
care availability and even access by every individual in the country. Moreover, various
healthcare services have been provided to specific individuals, and these include indigenous
communities or even inmates. Furthermore, it is upon the multiple parties in the Canadian
elections to come up with better strategies on how they are going to improve the healthcare
system in the coming years and they should be able to convince the citizens that their health care
status as a country is going to be better compared to the current situation the country. The parties
have been offered a chance to inform the citizens about their plans regarding health care in the
country hence there is need to take a keen look at every party's agenda and get to gauge the
suitable party for the job.
NDP
According to the NDP party, it is evident that the party has boasted about their universal
national pharmacare that they are planning to unveil and implement. Moreover, this is set to
solve the issue of unaffordability and even inaccessibility, and this is in accordance with health
care. The cost that is involved when it comes to prescription medication is never covered through
employers or even the public plans hence the pharmacare is set to enable the citizens to get
affordable healthcare and go ahead to make it as accessible as possible by every citizen in the
country. Moreover, it is clear that over 4.1 million Canadian citizens are not in any way enrolled

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in a private or even in a public prescription drug insurance plan and most of the households in
the Canadian government have to spend almost of their finances in medication prescription and
this clearly affects the citizens who are in need of medication at a given point in time. Moreover,
the party is determined to execute its pharmacare plan before the end of 2020 and this will take
place if they will be offered a chance to lead the country in the coming elections, and the
estimated annual investment is set to be over ten billion dollars (Schickler, 2019).
Furthermore, the party has made it clear that they will also keep in mind the dental care,
especially in the Canadian Health Act. Funding the dental care especially for the households will
ensure equal chances are offered to the citizens when it comes to medication and this is
according to the parties plan of coming up with a fully funded dental care plan especially for the
households. The party assures the dental care of the Canadian citizens, and every citizen will be
catered for. Moreover, the party has pledged to deal with the long waiting times that are
experienced in health care, and they have made it clear that they will ensure that they improve
access to the primary care within the country and this will boost the healthcare system
significantly within the country in a big way. People will not have to wait in long queues to be
served, but they will receive the best attention at any given point in time. Furthermore, the party
has planned to train and even to recruit several doctors and also nurses together with other health
professionals who may be of need to the Canadian government to ensure they boost the
healthcare personnel in any given healthcare facility within the country (Schickler, 2019).
Moreover, the party has planned on ensuring that healthcare is available to several
individuals at no cost and that the citizens should have access to the eye or even hearing care in
the best way possible and at no cost. The party has also promised to make amendments to the
Canada Health Act national care standards, and this will be majorly for home care and even the

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long term care within the country. The party has also promised to ensure there will be equal
access to abortion services when elected into office.
Liberals
According to the party, it is evident that they are planning to improve accessibility of
health care together with reducing the amount of time people have to wait, and this will ensure
that there are better healthcare outcomes for the Canadian citizens. The party has also made it
clear that they will ensure that the Canadian citizens have access to the primary care providers to
ensure that accessing health care services is easier by the people. Moreover, the party has
pledged to come up with better national standards when it comes to accessing mental health
services. Additionally, this is set to ensure that the mentally ill patients are offered medical care
within the country and that everyone has access to healthcare services.
Furthermore, they are set to improve palliative care together with home care, and this will
ensure that healthcare services are made accessible to the general public in the best way possible.
The party has promised to offer a sum of 6 billion dollars to ensure there is funding of the health
care system for the next four years within the various provinces and even territories. The party
has also made it clear that they will implement the Universal pharmacare, but they failed to offer
a specific timeline for them to do so. They have a plan of making sure that the pharmacare
project is made possible within the estimated cost of over 15.3 billion dollars by the year 2027.
However, the party failed to make any promises regarding dental care compared to the other
parties, and this leaves those in need of dental care in a position that they cannot predict their fate
in terms of health care services offered in the country. Moreover, the party has made it clear that
they will double the child disability benefit which is considered to be the tax-free benefit that is
set aside for those who offer special care to the children with specific conditions such as autism.

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The idea seems to be of importance to the forgotten individuals within the country;
hence, there is need to keenly appreciate the move that the party has made towards the children
with special conditions within the state. The party has also pledged to ensure that sexual and
reproductive health care will be affordable and even accessible to the citizens of Canada and that
they will get the best services in the various health care institutions within the country. There are
incidences whereby the Canadian women are sent to the U.S. primarily for the abortion-related
services, and this clearly shows how inaccessible the abortion-related services are in the country
and that the Canadian doctors have not considered prescribing the services within the state. The
party has also promised to come up with the first National Institute for Women's Health
Research, and this is set to deal with the various gaps in the research and care sector within the
healthcare system.
Moreover, the party has pledged to make amendments to the criminal code together with
avoiding conversation therapy together with working with the territorial government and the
provincial government to ensure that conversion therapy is eliminated in the best way possible.
Furthermore, the party has promised to offer access to quality and even culturally relevant health
care together with the mental health services needed.
Conservatives
The party has made it clear that they will allocate a budget of over 1.5 billion U.S. dollars
specifically for the medical imaging equipment and these are meant to replace the former MRI
and even the C.T. machines. Moreover, these machines will be intended to reduce the wait times
for the tests carried out, and this will benefit majorly the old in society. The various healthcare
investments are set to aid the healthcare providers to offer quality services using the latest
technology together with allowing the patients to have access to reliable and even life-saving

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tests. Furthermore, the party has promised to provide regular healthcare payments, especially
from the federal government to the various provinces, especially those under the Health Transfer
in Canada. All these are meant to ensure that the Canadians have access to health care at an
affordable cost and at their nearest disposal to ensure easy accessibility. The party was also
against the universal pharmacare, and they insisted that the plan will be costly to the government
and that this may affect other sectors within the government (Quesnel-Vallée, 2019).
The party goes ahead to promise that they will work hard to ensure they reduce the
prescription drugs cost together with dealing with the factors that make accessing the medicines
hard. The party has also promised to balance the budget within the five years they will be in the
office, and this is set to assure the healthcare sector that their plans will come to pass and that the
healthcare situation in the country will be at its peak by the time they leave the office.
Greens
The party has promised to deal with the several health threats that are posed by the
pollution together with the toxic chemical that has been exposed to the general public. Moreover,
the party plans to pass legislation that intends to offer the Canadians the right to a healthy
environment together with coming up with the various ways of reducing the use of pesticides,
especially in agriculture. Moreover, this will be made implemented by coming up with a program
that is intended to aid the farmers to shift to organic or even regenerative farming. These are set
to ensure that the citizens are not exposed to the effects that come with environmental pollution
in the country. The party has also made a promise to pass legislation that will come up with
adverse effects reporting database meant for the healthcare professionals to track the health
effects that come with pesticides and even chemical.

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Moreover, this will be essential in getting to curb issues of health care within the
government. The party is planning on doing away with the cannabidiol extract from the
prescription list restricted areas, and this will allow its production as a natural health product.
Moreover, the party has planned to ensure each and every citizen has access to a family doctor
together with ensuring there are enough resources for maternal and even infant care together with
mental care. Moreover, this will boost the health care system in a big way hence improving the
health care position of the country. The party has made it clear that it will do some changes to the
Canada Health Act and ensure that there is the expansion of the various mental health and even
rehabilitation services and this includes reducing the wait times in hospitals.
Moreover, the party has promised to promote primary health care and ensure the citizens
get the best each day. Finally, the party has pledged to expand the single-payer Medicare, and
this will ensure phamacare is included in catering for everyone. The party has pledged to
encourage medical associations that are meant to train the health professionals to deal with the
health threats related to climate change (Quesnel-Vallée, 2019).
Personally, the party that has clearly shown interest in sincerely improving the health
situation the Canadian government is the green party. The party has provided several options to
ensure that the government gets the best health care at all times. Some of the best pledges made
by the party that makes the party viable include the plan of coming up with a legislation that will
provide the citizens the right to be in a healthy environment. Moreover, the party talks of helping
the farmers to shift to organic farming which will be of importance to the healthcare system since
the effects that chemical cause to the general public will be reduced.

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References
Schickler, A., Maioni, A., Katznelson, I., Shefter, M., & Skocpol, T. (2019). Parting at the
crossroads: the emergence of health insurance in the United States and Canada (Vol. 66).
Princeton University Press.
Quesnel-Vallée, A., McKay, R., Vedel, I., & Maioni, A. (2019). Federal Interventionism in
Health Policy: Back to the Future?.