Emmett Matthew Hall
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Emmett Matthew Hall, was a Canadian lawyer, civil liberties advocate, Supreme Court of Canada judge and public policy advocate. He is considered one of the fathers of the Canadian system of Medicare,
Emmett Hall
Canada Health Act
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The Canada Health Act, adopted in 1984, is the federal legislation in Canada for publicly-funded health insurance, commonly called "medicare", and sets out the primary objective of Canadian healthcare
Emmett Matthew Hall
…His report, issued a year later, raised concerns about the growth of extra-billing and user fees. His report eventually led to the introduction of the Canada Health Act, which prohibited those practices. Hall served as the chancellor of two different universities: the University of Guelph, from 1971 to 1977, and the…
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