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Title Bitter medicine. Part one, The birth of medicare / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; written & directed by Tom Shandel ; producers, George Johnson, Tom Shandel ; produced by the National Film Board of Canada ; Pacific Production Studio
Published Montréal, QC : Canada. Canadian Heritage Department. National Film Board of Canada, 1983

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Description 1 online resource (27 min.)
Summary Part one of a two-part documentary examining Canada's national health insurance system from its conception on the Canadian Prairies in the early part of the century to its present state of crisis. This first part traces the events leading to July 2, 1962, the day on which Medicare was launched in Saskatchewan. The doctors reacted to the plan by declaring a general strike. The film recreates this stormy chapter of Canadian history through film and television archives and personal testimonies, particularly those of former Saskatchewan Premier Tommy Douglas and Chief Justice Emmett Hall
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed December 11, 2017)
Performer Narrator: Ann Petrie
Notes In English
Subject Health insurance -- Saskatchewan
Medicare -- Saskatchewan
Health insurance -- Canada -- History
Health insurance.
Medicare.
Canada.
Saskatchewan.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
History.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Shandel, Tom, director, producer
Johnson, George, producer
Petrie, Ann, narrator
National Film Board of Canada, presenter, production company.