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Originally Posted by inhalo
13th Question.
I have already asked about health care service in general, now I must dig in a little deeper. In the states, dental coverage and vision are seperate plans. Do these services operate any different than your regular Health coverage? What about birth control and programs like Planned Parenthood?
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Ontario universal health care does not cover dental/vision. Nor is it a drug plan, so diabetics ... have issues.
Health Care is actually a provincial responsibility in Canada, which means it varies from province to province. The Federal government does set some standards and gives the Provinces transfer payments to pay for it.
The Federation of Provinces in Canada is not the same as the Union of States in the USA. For example, it is the position of the Canadian federal government that a province can secede from Canada if it has a referendum with 50%+ support and a clear question. Quebec has had referendums on secession, but no province has left as yet. In many ways, the Canadian Federal Government is mostly a tax, accounting, and inter-provincial welfare balancing organization: most of the day-to-day matters of government are delivered by the provincial government. Criminal law is Federal, Civil law is Provincial. The RCMP is our national police force: many of the provinces also use it as a provincial police force. Quebec and Ontario have provincial police forces.
I'm tangenting too far.