2019
DOI: 10.3138/jcs.2017-0076
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Globalization and the Future of Canada’s Medicare Identity: A Longer View

Abstract: This article explores what globalization means for the relationship between Medicare and Canadian identity. Typical accounts of this relationship explain it as either the result of deep-seated Canadian values, or as the result of government action in the postwar era. Starting from where the second group leaves off, this article explores how the Medicare identity was the result of very specific capitalist property relations that are now fading. The article begins with an analysis of the origins of modern nation… Show more

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“…Universal access is a key tenet of the philosophical approach that underpinned the establishment of the system (Goodyear-Smith and Ashton, 2019). A sense of pride is attached to universal systems of healthcare which then contribute to a sense of national identity (Garrod, 2019; Hiam et al, 2019). Aotearoa New Zealand is noted for its universal model of healthcare and for being one of the first nations to establish such a system, but inequities have become obvious (Goodyear-Smith and Ashton, 2019).…”
Section: Setting the Scenementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Universal access is a key tenet of the philosophical approach that underpinned the establishment of the system (Goodyear-Smith and Ashton, 2019). A sense of pride is attached to universal systems of healthcare which then contribute to a sense of national identity (Garrod, 2019; Hiam et al, 2019). Aotearoa New Zealand is noted for its universal model of healthcare and for being one of the first nations to establish such a system, but inequities have become obvious (Goodyear-Smith and Ashton, 2019).…”
Section: Setting the Scenementioning
confidence: 99%