In episode 20, Nandita will be breaking down Canada's healthcare system: who’s covered, what’s covered, and what’s not. She draws insights from evidence-based resources, including the Canada Health Act, the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP), CanadaLife and Ontario Health. 

Topics discussed:
1. Define Universal Health Coverage
2. Introduce new physician-equivalent implications
3. Discuss who is eligible for the healthcare plan
4. What services are covered and not covered?
5. OHIP coverage
5. Tips on how to chose the right healthcare plan
6. Ontario Ministry Health's strategy for the primary care crisis

Resources:
Canada Health Act: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/canada-health-care-system.html

Register for Primary Care Physician/Nurse Practitioner:
Health Care Connect: https://hcc3.hcc.moh.gov.on.ca/HCCWeb/faces/layoutHCCHomePage.xhtml?sW=1536&sH=864&btype=Netscape&bver=5.0%20(Windows%20NT%2010.0;%20Win64;%20x64)%20AppleWebKit/537.36%20(KHTML,%20like%20Gecko)%20Chrome/132.0.0.0%20Safari/537.36&ajax=y

Health811: https://health811.ontario.ca/static/guest/home


References:
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-care-system/reports-publications/health-care-system/canada.html#a9
https://www.cma.ca/how-health-care-funded-canada 
https://www.cma.ca/healthcare-for-real/health-care-canada-free#:~:text=Roughly%2070%25%20of%20health%20care,by%20private%20or%20employer%20insurance. 
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-care-system/canada-health-care-system-medicare/canada-health-act-frequently-asked-questions.html https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1005646/ontario-investing-over-18-billion-to-connect-every-person-in-ontario-to-a-family-doctor-and-primary-care-teams

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