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Mujahed Alawadi
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A patient comes to the ambulatory care clinic for management of a chronic condition and asks the nurse for an explanation of the Medicare system.The nurse's response is based on the knowledge that it is

A) Canada's national health insurance system.
B) A fee-for-service insurance plan.
C) A plan in which monies from provincial taxes are used for nursing homes.
D) A social insurance program for low-income earners.

Medicare System

A federal health insurance program in the United States for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease.

National Health Insurance System

A government-run system that provides health insurance coverage to all its citizens, typically funded through taxes.

  • Elucidate the functions and duties of the federal and provincial authorities within the Canadian health care framework.
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