The Process of Healthcare Funding in Ontario, Canada
This is a 5 page paper discussing the process of funding healthcare in Ontario, Canada. The process of the healthcare system in Ontario and the other provinces and territories of Canada is multi-level. The citizens of the province of Ontario, Canada enjoy universal healthcare which is considered a right according to the Canada Health Act. People pay for this health care through their income taxes and sometime also pay for additional services through supplementary payments in an employer health care plan. The federal government then transfers a percentage of funds to each province allocated for healthcare. The Ontario government then grants community and teaching hospitals in the province funding based on their annual budgetary reports. This varies according to the percentage received from the federal government. The responsibility for the administration of funds then lies with the individual health care facilities. Individual hospitals use the grant money received from the province and allocate those funds in their institution. Teaching and community hospitals within the same communities often share services in order to be more cost-effective. Hospitals also received some funding from community fund-raising efforts and income from rental properties. Physicians within the province are paid by fee-for-service; fees which are negotiated with and limited by the province each year. As the federal funding decreases each year, so too does the provincial funding for the individual institutions.
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