Medicare is an unofficial designation used to refer to the publicly funded single-payer healthcare system of Canada. The system consists of ten provincial and three territorial health insurance plans,
Premier Tommy Douglas, who introduced the medicare bill in Saskatchewan
Allan MacEachen, federal Minister of Health and Welfare, who introduced the bill in Parliament
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,