Woodrow Lloyd was the Premier of Saskatchewan when universal medicare was introduced in Saskatchewan.[2]
Lester B. Pearson was the
LiberalPrime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. His government saw medicare introduced on a national basis, after his party wrote and introduced the legislation for hospital and out-of-hospital treatment, and received the support of Douglas' NDP.[3]
Emmett Matthew Hall was a jurist and chair of the 1964
Royal Commission on health care in Canada which recommended the nationwide adoption of
Saskatchewan's system of public insurance for both hospitalization and out-of-hospital medical services. In 1996, Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien stated that "Canadians will be forever grateful for the pivotal role that [Hall] played in bringing universal medicare to Canada. Throughout his long life, he remained medicare's most eloquent defender".[4]
^Henderson, David R. (June 2011).
"Northern Exposure". Defining Ideas. Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Archived from
the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
Woodrow Lloyd was the Premier of Saskatchewan when universal medicare was introduced in Saskatchewan.[2]
Lester B. Pearson was the
LiberalPrime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. His government saw medicare introduced on a national basis, after his party wrote and introduced the legislation for hospital and out-of-hospital treatment, and received the support of Douglas' NDP.[3]
Emmett Matthew Hall was a jurist and chair of the 1964
Royal Commission on health care in Canada which recommended the nationwide adoption of
Saskatchewan's system of public insurance for both hospitalization and out-of-hospital medical services. In 1996, Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien stated that "Canadians will be forever grateful for the pivotal role that [Hall] played in bringing universal medicare to Canada. Throughout his long life, he remained medicare's most eloquent defender".[4]
^Henderson, David R. (June 2011).
"Northern Exposure". Defining Ideas. Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Archived from
the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012.