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Keeps company only with Mexico, the US and Turkey in not ensuring some coverage for all citizens (Jacobzone 2000; Willison, Wiktorowicz, Grootendorst et al. 2001).
Provinces provide some coverage for seniors and social assistance recipients but this still leave 10% of Canadians completely uninsured and a further 10% under-insured (Applied Management, Fraser Group, Tristat Resources. Canadians' Access to Insurance for Prescription Medicines. Ottawa: Health Transitions Fund, Health Canada, 2000.)