Social Protection in Health Care and the Elderly Filipinos in Vancouver

Abstract

This paper tackles the issue of health care for senior age Filipino workers in Vancouver by highlighting the Canadian health care system. Here the author argues that health care is an important component of social protection not only from a welfare perspective but also as means to achieve economic development and that in certain contexts it is possible to draw a balance between maximization of the national income and equalization of benefits among citizens particularly in the area of health care services.