Introduction
The two articles re-published in this pamphlet were written to address the 50th anniversary of North America’s first public healthcare system for all citizens initiated in Saskatchewan on July 1, 1962.
We were researching the
prolific resources and books available on the subject in preparation for a
forthcoming book on the fight for medicare in Saskatchewan and wanted to raise
the profile of the anniversary as the actual anniversary approached.
This pamphlet is intended
as a short and quick resource for labour and health care activists as we
celebrate 50 years of medicare.