abstract:A social insurance number card. Note the date of expiration; this implies that the holder is neither a permanent resident, nor a Canadian citizen.
Nowadayscommercehealthinsurancedeveloprapidly and itssocialsecurityfunctionis becoming obvious gradually, while the numberof its professionaltalentslags behind.
The unsustainability is due to several factors, but the biggest problem is that Medicare is a defined-benefit, social-insurance plan, with a growing number of recipients especially as the baby boomers enter retirement and a declining number of working stiffs to support it.