加拿大卫生保健制度是该国最广泛的公众集资服务项目。多年来,该制度已证明有能力提供所有的高质量医疗保健,而花费却较其它西方工业国、尤其是美国低得多。加拿大的2550万公民,无论贫富、老幼,均能通过卫生计划得到保健,而卫生项目是加拿大其它社会项目的基石。然而,新的危机正考验着加拿大的卫生保健制度。加拿大健康保险计划面临的新的压力来自于联邦政府的巨额预算赤字,1986 The Canadian health care system is the country’s most extensive public fund-raising service. Over the years, the system has demonstrated its ability to provide all high-quality healthcare at a much lower cost than other Western industrial countries, especially the United States. Canada’s 25.5 million citizens, regardless of their wealth, age or young age, are able to access health care through health programs, which are the cornerstone of other Canadian social projects. However, the new crisis is testing Canada’s health care system. New pressures on the Canadian Health Insurance Plan come from the federal government’s huge budget deficit, 1986