Analysis of the United States and Canadian health care systems

The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast the health care systems of the United States and Canada. Also evaluated were the cost, quality, and access to health care in both countries. Finally, the barriers and/or problems experienced in both Canada and the United States were summarized.; An analysis of historical and government documents were used to complete this study. A key historical event timeline was developed on both countries to better understand their similarities and differences. Two key findings on similarities between the United States and Canada were the historical backgrounds of each country and the use of taxes to help fund their systems. The public view and social value, a single-payer-system, distribution for their systems, and the cost for these systems, were the main differences between the Canadian and American health care systems.; These findings suggest, that although the Canadian health care system has some barriers to overcome, it appears to provide better public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability, and accessibility to health care, at a lower cost than the current United States health care system.