Ottawa misrepresenting medicare cash, provinces say
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Canada&#39;s provincial finance ministers say the federal government has enough money to pay for &quot;significant&quot; changes to the health-care system, despite its pleas of poverty.
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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 $58.
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With the first ministers meeting in Ottawa, governments at last seem to be heading down the right track. For the first time in years, the tough questions about the true costs associated with specific health
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Pharmacists say a government report released Thursday validates their concerns that payments under the Medicare drug benefit are driving some of them out of business.
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OTTAWA - One day after Ottawa revealed an embarrassment of riches with a surprise surplus of $9.1 billion, new figures show the federal government is on track for yet another bonanza.
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Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in private, managed care plans cost the government 12.4 percent more than those in the traditional program last year, for a total cost of more than $5.2 billion, according to a study released Thursday.
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TORONTO - Some provincial premiers are backing away from their demand that Ottawa pay for a national pharmacare program. &quot;It appears that it&#39;s not on for the federal government so we have to go back to the
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It was almost noon on Wednesday by the time Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty rang up Prime Minister Paul Martin to convey the provincial $18-billion bottom line required to salvage his medicare summit.
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The University of Washington said yesterday it overbilled the government $3.6 million during the period that was the subject of the federal investigation into its Medicare and Medicaid billing practices, an amount in sharp contrast to government estimates
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The case appears to be focused on whether hospitals are fraudulently overcharging Medicare and other programs for goods.
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OTTAWA - Canada&#39;s premiers and territorial leaders released a health funding counter-proposal Tuesday, saying Prime Minister Paul Martin&#39;s offer of $24.
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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 (CP) - Ottawa confirms federal budget surplus of &#36;9.1 billion.
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OTTAWA (CP) - First ministers were expected Wednesday to complete an agreement that would pump an additional &#36;18 billion into medicare over six years.
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Calgary - Kelley Charlebois, whose contracts with the health department drew criticism from the auditor general, says the rates he charged the province weren&#39;t excessive.
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The federal government and the provinces collided over the future of Canada&#39;s cherished medicare program yesterday, with Prime Minister Paul Martin warning that the gulf between the two sides
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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