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A History of Community Clinics in Saskatchewan

by (author) Stan Rands

edited by Gregory P. Marchildon & Catherine Leviten-Reid

Publisher
University of Regina Press
Initial publish date
May 2012
Category
Health Care Issues, Social Services & Welfare, Post-Confederation (1867-)

  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889772908
    Publish Date
    May 2012
    List Price
    $34.95

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The introduction of medicare in Saskatchewan marks a dividing point in the history of the province and Canada. Before 1962, access to medical care was predicated on ability to pay and private health insurance. After 1962, access to needed medical care became a right in Saskatchewan, later extended to the rest of Canada. The battle to establish medicare was hard fought and in the front lines were community clinics, non-profit, consumer-controlled health co-operatives offering interdisciplinary primary care. Stan Rands was one of the key individuals who established and managed community clinics in Saskatchewan.

Here is his story of how the medicare battle was fought by those who not only wanted to eliminate money as a barrier to care but also wanted to change the way health care was delivered. This is the inside story of a more radical vision of medicare, one that has still not been achieved in Canada.

About the authors

Stan Rands' profile page

Gregory P. Marchildon is a Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Economic History at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina. He was executive director of the Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (the Romanow Commission). His most recent books include Health Systems in Transition: Canada (2013) and Nunavut: A Health System Profile (2013).

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