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1. CHA
- ANS - Canadian Health Act
- Canada's federal legislation for publicly- funded
health care insurance.
- Aim is to ensure that all eligible residents of Canada
have access to necessary hospital and physician
services, without having to pay for the services.
2. insured persons
- ANS - - Eligible residents of a province or territory.
3. Resident of a province is defined in the CHA as:
- ANS - - a person lawfully entitled to be or to remain in
Canada who makes his home and is ordinarily present in
the province, but does not include a tourist, a transient or
a visitor to the province.
, 4. The Canada health Act definition of "Insured Person"
Excludes:
- ANS - -Members of the Canadian Forces
- Persons serving a term of federal imprisonment
- Also excludes a resident of a province who has not
completed such minimum period of residence or a
waiting period. This cannot exceed three months.
5. The administration and delivery of health care services is
the:
- ANS - Responsibility of each province or territory,
guided by provisions and regulations of the CHA.
6. Provincial/Territorial Health care services include:
- ANS - - insured primary health care
- May provide some residents with supplementary
health benefits not covered by the act. For Example:
- Prescription drug
- Paramedical Coverage.
7. Method of healthcare funding : Regular Tax Based
1. Provinces/Territories that use this
2. Payroll Implications
- ANS - 1. Alberta, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories,
Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island,
Saskatchewan, Yukon.