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General Overview
The delivery of healthcare services is a collective responsibility of healthcare providers, such as optometrists, psychologists, audiologists, etc., who deliver care, as well as the systems and structures that support its delivery. When it comes to the services of hundreds of thousands of Canada’s healthcare providers, much is delivered in the private sector and is not funded through our public health insurance plans. Canadians often rely on supplementary healthcare coverage provided to them through employment or by purchasing individual coverage to access the services of healthcare providers working outside of publicly funded health systems.