For better or for worse, Tommy Douglas is the figure most closely associated with Medicare in Canada. But long before the CCF was first elected in 1944, Saskatchewan people were organizing and strategizing to ensure their communities had access to doctors, nurses, hospitals, and infectious disease treatment. This episode looks at the evolution of public healthcare in the province between 1872 and 1944.

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Sources:
Boychuk, Gerard Explaining Public Health Insurance in the United States and Canada

Countess of Aberdeen What is the use of the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada?

Daschuk, James Clearing the Plains

Houston, C. Stuart Steps on the road to medicare: why Saskatchewan led the way

Houston, C. Stuart Leading the way: A Matter of Life and Breath. The 75 Year History of the Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League and the Saskatchewan Lung Association

Middleton, F.C. Evolution of Tuberculosis Control in Saskatchewan

Ostry, Alec National History of Medicine: The Foundations of National Public Health Insurance

Rands, Stan Privilege and Policy: A History of Community Clinics in Saskatchewan

Shandel, Tom Bitter Medicine, Part One: The Birth of Medicare

Taylor, Malcom G. Health insurance and Canadian public policy: the seven decisions that created the Canadian health insurance system and their outcomes