Medical Services (Alberta) Incorporated
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Medical Services Incorporated (MSI) was a prepaid medicare plan in the Canadian
province of Alberta
prior to the advent of Canadian medicare
. Membership in the plan was optional, and it did not provide coverage for all Albertans.
The plan was established by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
in 1948, and it offered medical, surgical and obstetrical services to subscribers. It was superseded by the national medicare program in 1969.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
province of Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
prior to the advent of Canadian medicare
Medicare (Canada)
Medicare is the unofficial name for Canada's publicly funded universal health insurance system. The formal terminology for the insurance system is provided by the Canada Health Act and the health insurance legislation of the individual provinces and territories.Under the terms of the Canada Health...
. Membership in the plan was optional, and it did not provide coverage for all Albertans.
The plan was established by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta is a medical regulator in the Canadian province of Alberta. Its stated purpose is to "register physicians and issue medical practice permits, develop and administer standards of practice and conduct, and investigate and resolve physician-related...
in 1948, and it offered medical, surgical and obstetrical services to subscribers. It was superseded by the national medicare program in 1969.