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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…
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…
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
Ten Vital Measures for Health Care Reform
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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…
The Future of Medicare
Recovering the Canada Health Act Download 131.99 KB12 pages
Health and Wealth
How Socio-Economic Factors Affect Our Well-Being In this CCPA book, Health and Wealth, economic consultant and social policy specialist Monica Townson explains why the goal…
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Caring for Profit
How Corporations Are Taking Over Canada’s Health Care System Caring For Profit tells how Canada’s $75 billion-a-year health care system is abandoning its mandate to…
The Cost of Privatization:
Olsten Corporation and the Crisis in American For-Profit Home Care Download 837.62 KB11 pages
The Cost of Privatization:
A Case Study of Home Care in Manitoba Download 1.66 MB20 pages
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