Premiers&#39; national pharmacare pitch panned by experts as ...
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It was billed as an easily saleable master stroke of public policy that would both improve the nation&#39;s health care and salve federal-provincial jurisdictional disputes.
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Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh warned in a speech at Harvard University on Wednesday that Canada cannot act as America&#39;s &quot;drugstore.
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TORONTO (CP) - A national pharmacare program funded by the federal  government would indirectly result in shorter waiting lists, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday.
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A doctor who first sounded an alarm about heart problems and the prescription pain killer Vioxx now is calling on the government to rein in aggressive prescription-drug advertising, a factor
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The New Brunswick Council of Hospital Union has reviewed the proposal given by Premier Bernard Lord last night. âThe proposal by Premier Lord is a further insult to the valuable work performed by the health
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada&#39;s premiers are hopeful that Prime Minister Paul Martin&#39;s tenuous grip on a minority government will give them leverage to drive a hard bargain at this week&#39;s high-stakes health-care summit.
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Canada&#39;s health minister says this country cannot &quot;be the drug store of the United States.&quot;. Ujjal Dosanjh&#39;s warning comes as several states are pushing to buy low-cost prescription drugs north of the border.
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The Premiers says Prime Minister Paul Martin&#39;s offer of 58.1 billion dollars in health care funding over 10 years needs CPR. Martin had wanted to focus on health care reforms during day one of the national summit in Ottawa.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The country&#39;s premiers talked cordially with Paul Martin in front of the TV cameras at the first ministers meeting Tuesday, but behind the scenes they were preparing to attack.
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Ottawa has the money to set up and pay for a national pharmacare program despite its insistence to the contrary, provincial finance ministers said yesterday.
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - The country&#39;s premiers arrived for a key meeting Wednesday unsure on whether to try to force Ottawa to set up a national pharmacare program, but firmly convinced that more federal money for health is essential.
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The pharmaceutical industry and Madison Avenue are increasingly concerned about their ability to continue to pitch prescription drugs at patients and doctors.
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It&#39;s not often that the head of a drug company says something that leads newscasts all over the country, but a recent announcement affected millions of consumers and doctors.
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It was almost two years ago that Roy Romanow released his landmark report on the future of medicare. Since then, the study has too often been used as a battering ram by premiers seeking more money from Ottawa.
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CALGARY (CP) - Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh discounted suggestions from some provincial premiers that the recent 10-year deal on health care won&#39;t be enough.
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OTTAWA (CP) - On the heels of his well-publicized call for medical watchdogs to crack down on doctors working for Internet pharmacies, Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh is asking his provincial counterparts to do their part.
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On prescription drugs, at least, Ujjal Dosanjh has his priorities dead right. The federal health minister&#39;s most important job right now is to ensure Canada&#39;s supply of pharmaceuticals.