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  2. Medical Services Plan of British Columbia - Wikipedia

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    The Medical Services Plan of British Columbia ( MSP) is a government-administered, single-payer health insurance in the Canadian province of British Columbia, operating under the auspices of the country's national Medicare program. Under the Canadian constitution, provinces are responsible for the delivery of health care, while the national ...

  3. Healthcare in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Healthcare in Canada is delivered through the provincial and territorial systems of publicly funded health care, informally called Medicare. [1] [2] It is guided by the provisions of the Canada Health Act of 1984, [3] and is universal. [4] : 81 The 2002 Royal Commission, known as the Romanow Report, revealed that Canadians consider universal ...

  4. Medicare (Canada) - Wikipedia

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    Medicare (French: assurance-maladie) is an unofficial designation used to refer to the publicly funded single-payer healthcare system of Canada. Canada's health care system consists of 13 provincial and territorial health insurance plans, which provide universal healthcare coverage to Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and depending on the province or territory, certain temporary residents.

  5. COVID-19 vaccine card - Wikipedia

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    A COVID-19 vaccine card is a record often given to those who have received a COVID-19 vaccine showing information such as the date (s) one has received the shot (s) and the brand of vaccine one has received, sometimes including the lot number. The card also contains information identifying the recipient and the location where the shot was given ...

  6. Canada Health Act - Wikipedia

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    Smoking. Obesity. Canada portal. v. t. e. The Canada Health Act ( CHA; French: Loi canadienne sur la santé ), [1] adopted in 1984, is the federal legislation in Canada for publicly-funded health insurance, commonly called "medicare", and sets out the primary objective of Canadian healthcare policy. [2] As set out in the Act, the main objective ...

  7. Provincial Health Services Authority - Wikipedia

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    c. $ 3.6 billion in 2019–20. Staff. c. 22,000. Website. www .phsa .ca. Provincial Health Services Authority ( PHSA) is a publicly funded health service provider in the province of British Columbia. PHSA is unique in Canada as the only health authority having a province-wide mandate for specialized health services, although within British ...

  8. SMART Health Card - Wikipedia

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    SMART Health Card. The SMART Health Card framework is an open source [1] immunity passport program designed to store and share medical information in paper or digital form. [2] It was initially launched as a vaccine passport during the COVID-19 pandemic, but is envisioned for use for other infectious diseases. [3]

  9. HealthLinkBC - Wikipedia

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    HealthLinkBC is a government-funded telehealth service launched in 2001, which provides non-emergency health information to the residents of British Columbia, Canada through combined telephone, internet, mobile app, and print resources. [1] [2] HealthLink BC has two dedicated phone numbers 8-1-1 and 7-1-1 for hearing impaired callers.