Medicare (Canada)
The term
medicare (in lower case) (
assurance-maladie) refers
Canada's well-known universal public health insurance system. Underterms of
Canada Health Act,
provinces provide all residentshealth insurance cards, which entitlebearerreceive free medical carealmost all procedures. Patientsfreechoose their own doctor, hospital, etc. Health institutionseither privatenot-for-profit (such as university hospitals) or state-run (such as
Quebec's
CLSC system),doctorsprivate practiceentrepreneurs who billmedicare systemtheir fees.
. All textavailable under the
terms ofGNU Free Documentation License.