Manley fears red ink with health deal
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OTTAWA - Former deputy prime minister John Manley has criticized his one-time leadership rival Paul Martin for striking a health care deal that gives Quebec special status even though it is in an area that transcends linguistic or cultural boundaries.
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Labor leader Mark Latham&#39;s plans for older Australians has received a mixed reaction from interest groups. At Labor&#39;s campaign launch yesterday, he promised to pay for the hospital costs of all Australians
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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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DAVID HARDAKER: It&#39;s barely out of the blocks, but the Federal Government&#39;s plans to boost the private health insurance rebate for older Australians looks doomed.
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The move to treat more people outside hospitals will be threatened if a key NHS reform is expanded further.
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Union leaders react with fury to news that the NHS has underspent by Â£500m as a result of aggressive cuts imposed by health secretary.
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PATIENTS would pay less for prescription medicine in a surprise move by Labor leader Mark Latham. Labor is also proposing to double the maternity immunisation allowance to $427 as an extra incentive for parents to vaccinate their children.
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Women's healthcare specialist Warner Chilcott says it has received a bid approach which could value it at more than Â£1.5bn.
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Patients who are violent to NHS staff could be made to pay for their treatment, under Lib Dem proposals.
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New health secretary admits 'emergency approach' to reform has lost confidence of doctors and nurses.
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A health trust says a Â£500,000 funding gap to staff a cardiac unit could lead to cuts in services.
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Proposals to reorganise hospitals across west Wales may be put back because of fierce public opposition.
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Average GP pay soars by 30% in the first year of their new contract, prompting concerns money is not going into service development.
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A new body will be set up to coordinate health research, but doctors fear it could lead to a cut in the budget.
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and, in many cases, downright disastrous. But in the managed health-care industry, deal-making has become a necessity for growth. An
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Protests against cuts in the NHS are threatening to rival the rebellion against the poll tax, campaigners warn.
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Sir Menzies under pressure as peer says he would consider Labour offer.