1. On what date was the Canada Health Act passed in the House of Commons?
a) March 16, 1972
b) April 17, 1984
c) April 19, 1957
d) March 18, 1968

2. The Canada Health Act replaced:
a) The Medical Care Act
b) The Canada Health Transfer Act
c) The Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act

3. Which principle of the Canada Health Act is false?
a) Ensure that all eligible residents of Canada have reasonable access to insured health services.
b) Strengthen medicare and eliminate extra billing and user charges.
c) Set out the primary objective of Canadian healthcare policy.
d) Facilitate reasonable access to healthcare services while imposing financial barriers.

4. Which country legally allows both publicly and privately funded healthcare services:
a) Sweden
b) Germany
c) Britain
d) U.S.
e) France
f) all of the above

5. Which of these statements is true?
a) Australia’s current system known as ‘Publicare’ was instituted in 1984.
b) Cuba has a wholly government controlled system that consumes a large proportion of the nation’s GDP. The system works on a for profit basis in treating patients from abroad.
c) Finland’s publicly-funded medical system is funded by taxation and every citizen has statefunded health insurance. The system is compulsory, and a small patient fee is charged.

Source: Canada Health Act, NationMaster.com

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