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Bitter medicine. Part one, The birth of medicare /

Part one of a two-part documentary examining Canada's national health insurance system from its conception on the Canadian Prairies in the early part of the century to its present state of crisis. This first part traces the events leading to July 2, 1962, the day on which Medicare was launched...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shandel, Tom (Director, Producer), Johnson, George (Producer), Petrie, Ann (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Montréal, QC : Canada. Canadian Heritage Department. National Film Board of Canada, 1983.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Health insurance > Saskatchewan.
Medicare > Saskatchewan.
Health insurance > Canada > History.
Health insurance
Medicare
Canada
Saskatchewan
documentary film.
Documentary films
History
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Part one of a two-part documentary examining Canada's national health insurance system from its conception on the Canadian Prairies in the early part of the century to its present state of crisis. This first part traces the events leading to July 2, 1962, the day on which Medicare was launched in Saskatchewan. The doctors reacted to the plan by declaring a general strike. The film recreates this stormy chapter of Canadian history through film and television archives and personal testimonies, particularly those of former Saskatchewan Premier Tommy Douglas and Chief Justice Emmett Hall.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed December 11, 2017).
Physical Description:1 online resource (27 min.)
Playing Time:00:27:20