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HSS1010: Health Services Foundations

Training Room 4: Public Health

 

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Who Is Responsible for Your Health?

 

Canada’s health care system provides universal coverage for medically necessary health care services through a partnership between the federal government and each of the provinces and territories.

 

Health Canada’s responsibilities include

  • setting and administering national principles for the health care system through the Canada Health Act
  • delivering health care services to specific groups‚Äîfor example, First Nations and Inuit people
  • partnering with each province and territory to plan and develop initiatives around health care human resource planning, medical technologies, and the delivery of primary health care

For more information, search using the term “Health Canada: Health Care System.”

 

In Alberta the provincial health ministry is Alberta Health. The responsibilities of Alberta Health include

  • administration and delivery of health-care services using transfer funds from Health Canada
  • issuing health care cards and administering the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
  • planning and delivering health support and services to more than 3.7 million adults and children living in Alberta through Alberta Health Services

This health care flow chart gives an overview of the various levels of service provided and who covers the costs.