Hospitalization Benefits Plan

Alberta Hospitalization Benefits describes health law for the province of Alberta, Canada. Chapter 3 of the Hospitals Act[1] is the Hospitalization Benefits Plan.

Origins include the 1919 Municipal Hospitals Act, national Health Services Act of 1944, and the provincial Lloydminster Hospital Act of 1947.[2][3]

Amongst other things the law defines:[1]

  • Insured services
  • Entitlement to insured services
  • Recovery of cost of services
  • Payment for insured services
  • Operating costs
  • Debentures
  • Group contracts
  • Agreements
  • Use of word "hospital"

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hospitals Act" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. Province of Alberta. July 29, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Aunger A., Edmund. "Forging Alberta's Constitutional Framework", editors Richard Connors and John M. Law, "One Language and One Nationality", "The Forcible Constitution of a Unilingual Province In a Bilingual Country, 1870-2005", published by University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, 2005, pp. 103-135. Retrieved March 19, 2007.
  3. ^ Choudhry, Sujit. "The Enforcement of the Canada Health Act" Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, McGill Law Journal, Vol.41 No.2, Montreal, 1996, p. 462. Donations. Retrieved March 19, 2007.
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