The Business of Healthcare

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This paper first gives a detailed description of the UK's health care system and its advantages and disadvantages. The paper then explains how Canada's health care system works and compares and contrasts it to the UK's health care system. The paper includes information on attaining physicians and care under both systems, the coverage provided by both systems, and information on how each health care system is funded.

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"The Canadian Medicare health system has much strength. To start with, it is advantageous for business, individuals running manufacturing and production companies or any other employers are not required to take any form of health insurance covers. This is because the universal Medicare system covers all Canadian citizens. This is good for their businesses as it saves these organisations a lot of money that would have been used to take health covers for their employees. (The Canadian Council 2007). Canadian businesses hence have an advantage over their United Kingdom counterparts who have to take the medical covers for their employees as the UK National health Service does not provide a universal cover."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Anderson, G. et al., (2002). Commonwealth Fund. "Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data. Retrieved on 18th April 2009 from <http://www.cmwf.org/usr_doc/anderson_multinationalcomparisons2002_582.pdf>
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