Dhalla Irfan
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada.
Healthc Q. 2007;10(4):89-96. doi: 10.12927/hcq.2013.19340.
Since the passage of the Canada Health Act in 1984 and its prohibition of extra-billing, there has been an extremely limited role for private health insurance in Canada as a mechanism to pay for medically necessary physician or hospital services. In the aftermath of the landmark Supreme Court decision Chaoulli v. Québec, this may change.
自1984年《加拿大健康法案》通过及其对额外计费的禁止以来,加拿大私人医疗保险在支付必要医疗服务的医生或医院费用方面的作用极为有限。在具有里程碑意义的最高法院判决“乔利诉魁北克省案”之后,这种情况可能会改变。