Jacques Chaoulli is a

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

best known for launching a Supreme Court challenge against the ban in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

on private health care. He has French and Canadian citizenship.

Biography

Chaoulli was born in France in 1952 and earned a medical degree from the

Paris Diderot University Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7 (french: Université Paris Diderot), was a French university located in Paris, France. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 197 ...

. In 1978, he moved to

to study medical education and earned a

Master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

from

Université Laval Université Laval is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university was founded by royal charter issued by Queen Victoria in 1852, with roots in the founding of the Séminaire de Québec in 1663 by François de Montmo ...

in 1982. Chaoulli has practiced medicine in Quebec since 1986 and is now a general practitioner in France. In 2005, Chaoulli launched a court challenge against the Quebec government with the

Supreme Court of Canada The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; french: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the Supreme court, highest court in the Court system of Canada, judicial system of Canada. It comprises List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, nine justices, wh ...

, arguing the Canadian implementation of

publicly funded health care Publicly funded healthcare is a form of health care financing designed to meet the cost of all or most healthcare needs from a publicly managed fund. Usually this is under some form of democratic accountability, the right of access to which are se ...

was not effective at delivering an adequate level of care. After losing in two lower courts, he won the

Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General) ''Chaoulli v Quebec (AG)'' 0051 S.C.R. 791, , was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada of which the Court ruled that the ''Quebec Health Insurance Act'' and the ''Hospital Insurance Act'' prohibiting private medical insurance in the face of lo ...

, the Supreme Court's decision on the case, causing a change in the Quebec government's policy on wait times and privatization. In 2006, he called for further privatization to improve wait times.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaoulli, Jacques Living people 1952 births Canadian general practitioners Physicians from Montreal University of Paris alumni French emigrants to Canada French emigrants to Quebec Date of birth missing (living people) Paris Diderot University alumni Université Laval alumni