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Book SynopsisKatherine Fierlbeck and Gregory Marchildon examine public health services and coverage in Canada that predate or have developed in parallel to the Canada Health Act. Explaining their logic, operation, and internal political tensions, The Boundaries of Medicare sheds light on the challenges and opportunities facing Medicare in Canada today.
Trade Review“Thoroughly exploring the complicated landscape of medical services in Canada, Fierlbeck and Marchildon offer an extremely well-researched, clear, and useful resource to health and medicine scholars and professionals. The Boundaries of Medicare is an enjoyable and unique read.” Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph and author of The Smile Gap: A History of Oral Health and Social Inequality
“An indispensable resource for policy experts, politicians, scholars, educators, and Canadians who want to know more about Medicare, the CHA, and these other systems that provide health-care coverage to Canadians. By focusing on these Medicare-straddling health services, this book invites Canadians to consider how future health-care reforms will affect certain population groups and to envision better ways of extending coverage to everyone who lives and works within Canada’s borders.” H-Sci-Med-Tech
"This descriptive work presents an analysis that can be useful to health planners and related professionals, ... . Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals." Choice
