
Bitter Medicine, Part One: The Birth of Medicare
Short
Part one of a 2-part documentary examining Canada's national health insurance system, from its conception on the Canadian Prairies in the early part of the 20th century to its present state of crisis.
- Runtime
- 28m
- Released
- 1983
Details
Release year: 1983
Storyline
Part one of a 2-part documentary examining Canada's national health insurance system, from its conception on the Canadian Prairies in the early part of the 20th century to its present state of crisis.
Top credits
Directors
Writers
Cast
See all 13 credits →- Ann Petrie — Narrator
- Tommy Douglas — Self - former Premier of Saskatchewan
- Reynold Gold — Self - University of Toronto
- Emmett Hall — Self - Saskatoon