Canadian Health Care System Essay

The Canadian Health Care System
How the Canadian Health Care System and Workman’s Compensation
Affect the Injured Worker When a new employee enters the work force of a large company there is always a sense of security that goes along with it. This is because there are health benefits and insurances that are provided by the company that assist the worker and their family in the event of a workplace accident. The idea behind these health services is to provide economic assistance and rehabilitative health support in conjunction with medicare if injury should prevent the worker from being able to work and bring in the income their family need to survive while recuperating. But do these services actually assist the worker when they need them…show more content…
I always find it interesting how we see the important things in life so clearly when something tragic happens. Family and children find their way shooting to the top of the priority list as jobs and work fall profoundly to the bottom. My life was a steady schedule of working four twelve hour shifts and then four days off, a rotation I had followed for the past 18 years, and perhaps it was that complacent nature that was the problem. Whatever it could be I was now in the hands of our health care system, and I was not sure how anything would turn…show more content…
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