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Tommy Douglas
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The Great Depression
The great depression was a long and severe recession in the economy or market which lasted 10 years. <a
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Great Depression (Health Care)
As the Great Depression got worse during the 1930s, Newfoundland and Labrador had increasingly less money to spend on health care. The Squires administration had to cut spending on hospitals and on medical aid to the poor. -
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Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act (HIDS)
The Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act was a bill passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1957 that paid one half of provincial and territorial costs for hospital services administered under provincial and territorial health insurance programs. HIDS -
HIDS Implemented
HIDS implemented on July 1, 1958, with 5 participating provinces. -
HIDS Implementation Completed
On January, 1 1961 all 10 provinces in Canada were enlisted into the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act (HIDS). -
Universal Health Care Legislation (Tommy Douglas)
Douglas's number one concern was the creation of Medicare. He introduced medical insurance reform in his first term, and gradually moved the province towards universal medicare near the end of his last term. In the summer of 1962, Saskatchewan became the centre of a hard-fought struggle between the provincial government, the North American medical establishment, and the province's physicians, who brought things to a halt with the 1962 Saskatchewan Doctors' Strike. -
SDS Talks
In May 1962, a meeting of doctors passed a resolution vowing that physicians would close their practices if and when Medicare came into force. "Keep Our Doctors" committees were established throughout the province and a campaign, backed by the Regina Leader-Post was undertaken with warnings that most doctors would leave the province if socialized medicine were introduced. On July 1, 1962, the doctors strike began and approximately 90% of the province's doctors shut their offices. -
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Saskatchewan Doctors Strike (SDS)
The 1962 Saskatchewan doctors' strike was a 23-day labour action exercised by medical doctors in Canada. SDS -
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Canada Health Act (CHA)