The people of Canada feel that there are several other areas in which improvements need to be made. There needs to be a process of integrating coverage for prescription drugs within Medicare in a uniform manner across all jurisdictions. Specific recommendations have include using the proposed Catastrophic Drug Transfer to offset the cost of provincial and territorial drug plans and reduce disparities in coverage across the country. Other suggested approaches have include: establishing a National Drug Agency to control costs and to evaluate new and existing drugs, and reviewing aspects of national patent laws to improve access to generic prescription drugs while containing costs.
There needs to be development of homecare as an essential service in the Canadian health care system. Specific recommendations have included using the proposed Home Care Transfer to ensure all Canadians have access to common homecare services. This would consist of revising the Canada Health Act to include three elements of homecare as necessary medical services - home mental health management and intervention services, post-acute homecare, and palliative homecare. It is also felt that there is a need to provide benefits in support informal caregivers such as family and friends who deliver care.
There are serious disparities in health for Canada's Aboriginal peoples as well and there is need these to be addressed. Specific recommendations have include consolidating health funding from all federal, provincial/territorial, municipal, and band sources into a new Aboriginal Health Partnership in order to establish a clear structures and mandates. There is also a need to ensure that ongoing input from Aboriginal peoples into the direction and design of health care services in their respective communities. It is thought that in order to makes these services work for this group of people it is necessary to find out from them exactly what it is that they need.
There is a need to improve health care in rural and remote areas through the proposed Rural and Remote Access Fund by addressing the shortage of qualified health professionals and expanding Telehealth in order to improve access to care. There are also issues regarding Canada's health care system in the global context that need attention. Specific recommendations have include ensuring that Canadians will not be constrained by international law and trade agreements in the organization of their health care system; playing a leadership role in improving health care in developing nations; and solving health professional shortages domestically rather than recruiting from developing nations which in turn has caused shortages in those nations.
These issues are all very important to the citizens of Canada and if health plans are going to take federal funding then they need to make sure that the interests of the people are being taken into account. Having governmental regulations put on the money is the only way that the government can make sure that they money is being spent on the right things. And if agencies are not spending the money to promote the best interests of the citizens then there should be penalties imposed until the regulations are adhered to. This is the only way to keep it fair for everybody...
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