Medicare (Canada)

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Medicare (Canada) is the publicly funded, universal healthcare system that provides medically necessary hospital and physician services to residents across Canada.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Medicare (Canada) canonical 21
Medicare in Canada 2
Canadian Medicare 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf health insurance program ⓘ
publicly funded healthcare system ⓘ
universal healthcare system ⓘ
administeredBy provincial governments ⓘ
territorial governments ⓘ
allows supplementary private insurance for non-covered services ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Canada’s publicly funded health care system ⓘ
Canadian Medicare ⓘ
linked to: Medicare (Canada)
corePrinciple accessibility ⓘ
comprehensiveness ⓘ
portability ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
universality ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
coverageArea Canada ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion Canadian citizen or permanent resident status (with some exceptions) ⓘ
residency in a province or territory ⓘ
excludes cosmetic surgery not medically necessary ⓘ
most dental care ⓘ
most long-term care costs ⓘ
most outpatient prescription drugs ⓘ
most vision care for adults ⓘ
fundingModel publicly funded ⓘ
fundingSource federal government transfers ⓘ
general taxation ⓘ
provincial and territorial revenues ⓘ
governedBy Canada Health Act ⓘ
hasFrenchName assurance-maladie (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Medicare (Canada)
historicalMilestone Canada Health Act 1984 ⓘ
linked to: Canada Health Act

Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act 1957 ⓘ
Medical Care Act 1966 ⓘ
implemented 1960s ⓘ
languageOfTerm English ⓘ
objective ensure reasonable access to medically necessary services without financial barriers ⓘ
overseenBy federal government of Canada ⓘ
paymentAtPointOfCare no direct charge for insured services ⓘ
populationCovered majority of Canadian residents ⓘ
primaryPayerFor inpatient hospital care ⓘ
medically necessary physician visits ⓘ
prohibits extra-billing for insured services under the Canada Health Act ⓘ
user charges for insured services under the Canada Health Act ⓘ
provides diagnostic services in hospitals ⓘ
medically necessary hospital services ⓘ
medically necessary physician services ⓘ
relatedSystem provincial health insurance plans ⓘ
sector healthcare ⓘ
serviceDeliveryModel independent fee-for-service physicians ⓘ
predominantly private, not-for-profit hospitals ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Montreal General Hospital → healthcareSystem → Medicare (Canada) ⓘ
Guelph General Hospital → healthcareSystem → Medicare (Canada) ⓘ
Lakeridge Health Oshawa → healthcareSystem → Medicare (Canada) ⓘ
Medicare (Canada) → alsoKnownAs → Canadian Medicare ⓘ
linked to: Medicare (Canada)
Medicare (Canada) → hasFrenchName → assurance-maladie (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Medicare (Canada)
Toronto Western Hospital → healthcareSystem → Medicare (Canada) ⓘ
Victoria Hospital → healthcareSystem → Medicare (Canada) ⓘ
Kaye Edmonton Clinic → healthcareSystem → Medicare (Canada) ⓘ
Royal University Hospital → healthcareSystem → Medicare (Canada) ⓘ
Credit Valley Hospital → healthcareSystem → Medicare (Canada) ⓘ
Renfrew Victoria Hospital → healthcareSystem → Medicare (Canada) ⓘ
Canada Health Act → relatedTo → Medicare in Canada ⓘ
linked to: Medicare (Canada)
Medical Care Act 1966 → laidFoundationFor → Medicare in Canada ⓘ
linked to: Medicare (Canada)
Royal Columbian Hospital → healthcareSystem → Medicare (Canada) ⓘ
Cariboo Memorial Hospital → healthcareSystem → Medicare (Canada) ⓘ