Not enough federal health dollars, says premier
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OTTAWA - Premier Gordon Campbell says the federal government&#39;s latest multi-billion offer to increase health-care funding falls far short of what&#39;s needed.
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OTTAWA (CP) - First the premiers snubbed Paul Martin's breakfast invitation. Then the prime minister reacted in kind to their demand for &#36;36.5 billion in new health-care funding.
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Calls are deepening for the government to assume more of the costs of medical care through nationalized health care.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Day one of a national summit intended to fix medicare for a generation degenerated into a numbers war, with premiers poking holes into what Prime Minister Paul Martin claimed was a federal cash offer of &#36;58.1 billion over 10 years.
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AMA (Australian Medical Association) President, Dr Bill Glasson, said today that further examination of Labor&#39;s Medicare Gold policy by the AMA confirms that while it promises much it simply cannot deliver on its promises.
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CALGARY -- The ink&#39;s barely dry on the $41-billion deal, but the federal health minister yesterday found himself defending the package amid warnings from the provinces it won&#39;t be enough.
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President Bush encouraged governors Monday to support his call for changing the tax code to help more people buy private health care insurance, but did not address their pleas to increase funding for a health care program that insures millions of children of the working poor.
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A multi-billion-dollar federal boost won&#39;t bring a quick fix for Canada&#39;s ailing health-care system, medical experts warn.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The former governor of Canada&#39;s central bank has made an unusual foray into the political fray over health care, questioning proposals for greater competition within the single-payer medicare system.
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OTTAWA - Tempers flared at the national health summit on Tuesday over Ottawa&#39;s offer of short-term funding to address long waiting times for some medical procedures - a problem that some of the premiers tracked back to Paul Martin&#39;s term as finance
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OTTAWAâPrime Minister Paul Martin kicked off the first ministers&#39; meeting yesterday by announcing $700 million to improve aboriginal health.
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TORONTO (CP) - The federal government&#39;s commitment to spend $41 billion on health care was a good deal for the provinces, but it will only help stabilize the system and do little to address inevitable challenges in the future, New Brunswick Premier
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The federal Health Minister admits there are a few gaps in the new first ministers health care deal. Ujjal Dosanjh admits the agreement doesn&#39;t spell out how the government will deal with provinces that violate
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The recent $41-billion health-care deal with the federal government will help solve some of today&#39;s problems, but does little to address inevitable challenges in the future, New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord said today.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin kicked off his meeting with the country's premiers and top aboriginal leaders Monday with a &#36;700-million plan to improve native health.
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OTTAWA -- Premier Gary Doer choked yesterday. After weeks of tough talk about how he planned to hold Prime Minister Paul Martin&#39;s feet to the fire on an election promise to set up a national pharmacare program, Doer went limp.
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The federal government would never agree to the kind of national pharmacare program proposed by the premiers because it would cost too much and makes no sense, Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said yesterday.