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This is a history of the medical care insurance system in Ontario. I undertook this study in order to help explain a part of Canadian history that has been severely neglected. This is an historical account of the events that led to Ontario's acceptance of the national medical care insurance plan, and the consequent introduction of the Ontario Health Services Insurance Plan (OHSIP). After introducing OHSIP (1969) Ontario soon amended the program to the current OHIP (1972). A history of these programs would certainly be a logical extension of this study. At one time or another medical care treatment is required by everyone. For this reason it is important for society to understand its health care system, so that it can be improved for the present and future generations. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)Dept. of History, Philosophy, and Political Science. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1990 .H655. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 30-03, page: 0533. Director: R. G. Hoskins. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1990.

Critical areas of Canadian public policy now within the realm of federal-provincial decision are analyzed. The Canadian federal system has developed little institutional capacity for giving authoritative resolution to conflicts other than the standard prescription; which is based on the assumptions that: (1) federal-provincial conflicts arise from a lack of information among disputants about the priorities of other jurisdictions, & (2) once governments are aware of each other, rational conduct will dispose them toward cooperation rather than conflict. The major deficiency of the existing federal-provincial system is that it fails to deal adequately with what economists refer to as "interjurisdictional externalities" that arise from provincial policies. Another area crucially affected by existing federal-provincial relations involves continental economic integration; which is referred to as a clash of pan-Canadian economic nationalism & the economic nationalism of at least the larger provinces. These crucial areas of national economic integration have become less important than counter pressures toward continental integration by US corporations & the government of the US. Modified Author's Summary.