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Health Care, Limited
The Privatization of Medicare Download 266.76 KB 43 pages
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The crumbling foundation of Medicare in BC
British Columbians are fed a stream of bad news about our public health care system. But there is one very common health story we rarely…
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What happened to the national home care program?
In 1997, after wide consultation across the country, the federal government’s National Forum on Health concluded that home care should be considered an integral part…
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Private clinics no help to Canada’s public health care system
The election campaign has re-opened the debate about private clinics. Promoters of these clinics argue they will decrease waiting times and supplement, not undercut, the…
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Health Care Cuts
Who’s to Blame? Download 122.36 KB
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Health Accord is welcome, but national standards still in jeopardy
The federal government deserves credit for finally acknowledging that a decade of health spending cuts has taken a toll on medicare. And provincial, territorial and…
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The fateful summer of 1962
Foes of Medicare turn Douglas’s dream into a nightmare As a witness to the birth of Medicare in Canada, and as someone who played a…
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Private clinics won’t cut waiting times
Recent revelations about private surgical clinics in Vancouver offering quick service to patients willing to pay a “facility fee” have once again sparked debate about…
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A Decade of Decline
Regulated Child Care in Manitoba, 1989 – 1999 Download 281.19 KB44 pages
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Policy Options for Progressive Health Care in BC
Proceedings of a CCPA-BC Workshop on the Future of Health Care Download 435.21 KB 38 pages
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Healthy solutions to the crisis in Medicare
Canadians love having a public health care system. Recently, however, rising costs, new technologies, and an aging population have led many to think they have…
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