Reply #13: Health care is in Provincial jurisdiction, but must comply with Fed rules to get Fed money [View All]

[JBoy]

The Federal "Canada Health Act" provides overall guidelines, one of which is that Provinces receiving Federal money for health care cannot establish private facilities that have extra-billing, or charge user fees.

Provinces however, are free to regulate things as they see fit. If a Province wanted to set up a system with a for-profit component they could, but would have to give up the Federal money. Today, all provinces comply with the Canada Health Act.