Bitter medicine. Part one, The birth of medicare

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.

Format	Electronic and Video (Streaming)
Publication Info	Montréal, QC : Canada. Canadian Heritage Department. National Film Board of Canada, 1983.
Description	1 online resource (27 minutes)
Supplemental Content	https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?MARC;3253566
Subject(s)	Health insurance--Saskatchewan. Medicare--Saskatchewan. Health insurance--Canada --History.

Other author/creator	Shandel, Tom, director, producer.
Other author/creator	Johnson, George, producer.
Other author/creator	Petrie, Ann, narrator.
Other author/creator	National Film Board of Canada presenter, production company.
Abstract	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.
General note	Title from resource description page (viewed December 11, 2017).
Performer	Narrator: Ann Petrie.
Language	In English.
Issued in other form	Original cat. no.: 153C0183038
Genre/form	Documentary films.

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