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Completing Tommy’s vision
Medicare’s future Medicare represents one of our crowning national achievements, a proud reflection of how we see ourselves as a just and caring society. On…
Pourquoi attendre?
Des solutions publiques aux lists d’attente en chirurgie Download 835.68 KB Attachments Why Wait? Public Solutions to Cure Surgical Waitlists
Symposium: Public solutions to improve access to health care
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT MONTREAL — Innovations in health care in Quebec and across Canada prove wait lists can be shortened, productivity…
How Sustainable is Medicare?
A Closer Look at Aging, Technology and Other Cost Drivers in Canada’s Health Care System Download 419.01 KB34 pages
Population aging not a demographic time bomb for health care costs: Study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—There is little to suggest that health care costs will spiral out of control as Canada’s population ages, says a…
Saskatchewan Notes: Women Problem Gamblers Want More
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2007, Volume 10, Number 3 Download 1.04 MB8 pages Inside this issue: The Clock is Ticking on Homelessness and the Olympics Weighing in on…
July 2007: The Fateful Summer of ’62
Medicare’s foes fail to stop its birth in Saskatchewan This is the 40th anniversary of the establishment of national public health care in Canada, with…
Public Solutions Could be Undermined by Private Interests
Long waits for elective surgery and privatization are the price Canadians must pay for their well-intentioned but fatally flawed public health care system, right? Wrong.…
Government Not Enforcing Health Laws
The provincial government recently stated that user charges for emergency health care services provided at the new False Creek Urgent Care Centre are legal. Minister…
No magic wand to deal with health care strikes
After the recent 15-hour strike at the IWK Hospital (the first there since 1981), the Nova Scotia government is once again considering legislation to “deal…
Why Wait?
Public Solutions to Cure Surgical Waitlists Download 746.55 KB40 pages Attachments SUMMARY: Why Wait? Public Solutions to Cure Surgical Waitlists
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