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HEALTH INSURANCE COUNCIL [4 records]

Record 1 2025-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Insurance
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

Private health insurance is often defined as insurance that is taken up voluntarily and paid for privately, either by individuals or by employers on behalf of employees ... This definition recognizes that private health insurance may be sold by a wide range of entities, both public and private in nature. ... The reference to private payment signals a further defining characteristic: private health insurance premiums are typically linked to a person’s risk of ill health or set as a flat rate, whereas pre-payment for publicly financed coverage is almost always linked to income.

OBS

private health insurance : designation validated by Canadian subject-matter experts from the National Research Council of Canada, and from the Université de Montréal and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurance-maladie
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
CONT

L'assurance-maladie privée recouvre un ensemble hétérogène de conceptions et de régimes de financement de la santé. Déjà, ce qu'on entend par assurance-maladie publique et privée diffère selon les pays. […] On a établi la distinction entre l'assurance-maladie publique et l'assurance-maladie privée en fonction de la source principale et des mécanismes de financement — l'assurance-maladie privée étant définie comme la couverture santé assurée principalement par des paiements privés non liés au revenu […]

OBS

L'assurance maladie privée est une assurance à laquelle les individus adhèrent volontairement et qui est payée soit par les individus eux-mêmes ou leur employeur.

OBS

assurance maladie privée; assurance-maladie privée : désignations validées par des spécialistes canadiens du Conseil national de recherches du Canada ainsi que de l'Université de Montréal et du Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguro médico
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

La proporción de la población que posee un seguro médico privado contratado varía enormemente entre países y no es fácil de comparar por la enorme variedad de tipos de cobertura y de servicios asistenciales. En los Estados de la UE [Unión Europea] en los que predomina el seguro médico privado de carácter complementario, la cobertura oscila entre un 20 y un 70 % de la población, mientras que el seguro médico de carácter suplementario cubre como media a un 10 % de la población.

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Record 2 2006-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

For 20 years, the Employers’ Advocacy Council(EAC) has successfully represented the interests of Ontario employers in the ever changing field of workplace safety and insurance and occupational health and safety. EAC is a non-profit organization funded by employers for employers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
  • Rules of Court
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

The Canada Health Act, R. S. C. 1985, c. C-6, s. 14(1), provides for referral to the Governor in Council, i. e. cabinet, of a province's default under the Health care insurance plan, etc.

CONT

referral of a dispute to arbitration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Règles de procédure
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

L'art. 14(1) de la Loi canadienne sur la santé, L.R.C. (1985), ch. C-6, prévoit un renvoi au gouverneur en conseil, i.e. au cabinet, du manquement d'une province au régime d'assurance-santé.

CONT

renvoi d'un différent à l'arbitrage.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
OBS

Division of Health Insurance Association of America.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens

Spanish

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