Pols 403 Self-test Quiz: Midterm Exam Better Medicine Text

Adopting European experiments that don’t work in Canada

Allowing privatization in Medicare to grow by stealth

Provincial opposition to Medicare from Quebec meant national support was never forthcoming

The prohibition of private health insurance and private medical and hospital services

None of the above

Provides a statistics-based review of problems related to public health care

Suggests that insufficient government oversight in health care delivery means poor results

Provides a journalistic, anecdotal overview of some problems related to the delivery and planning of public health care

Implies that little, quick fixes could get Canada’s Medicare system back on track

None of the above

The principles of the Canada Health Act should be revisited

The federal government should renew its commitment to being Medicare’s chief defender

Canada should adopt the U.S. health care system

The method of paying doctors is deeply flawed

None of the above

Gradual privatization in Canada’s health care system

Unaccountable regionalization health boards

The Canada Health principle of publicly administered

The Canada Health principle of universality

Canada’s complicated taxation system stymies innovation

Increase choice

Reduce health spending

Introduce free market principles to public health care

All of the above

The first and second answers only

That “old-world” means reform liberalism, since the rugged individualistic, classical liberal view was largely dominant in Canada at the time

That “old-world” means classical liberalism, since Canada has always been known for being a country of caring and compassion

That “old-world” means Marxism, since at the time, many European states were becoming communist

That “old-world” means technocracy, since at the time, many European states developed social policies in cooperation with expert stakeholders