Martin signals flexibility to reach health deal
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KELOWNA, BC - Prime Minister Paul Martin says he&#39;s willing to be flexible to reach a long-term health-care deal with the premiers, including the possibility of more equalization payments and individual deals with provinces.
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A day after suggesting a new national health-care accord could be a long way off, Prime Minister Paul Martin pledged to work at the September health summit between Ottawa and provinces until a deal gets done.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada&#39;s premiers have presented a counter-proposal that asks Prime Minister Paul Martin to shell out $5.3 billion a year in new health-care money.
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Thousands of gravely ill older people will no longer have to spend their savings or sell their homes to pay for round-the-clock medical care, under government guidelines to be revealed this week.
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Patients will gain a better service from their local pharmacist as Government plans for a more flexible, modernised service moved a step further towards implementation, Health Minister Rosie Winterton announced today.
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OTTAWA - Prime Minister Paul Martin and Canada&#39;s first ministers begin round two of health care talks Tuesday, after Monday&#39;s talks were marked by bickering over proposed funding to fix the system.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich says his administration has negotiated a tentative agreement to purchase at least 30,000 flu vaccinations from British wholesalers, but federal regulators must still approve the deal.
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Latest licensing deal signals a move into the health-care arena.
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Private health insurers are being invited to take over the purchasing of care for NHS patients, putting in place one of the final pieces of the government's drive to shift to a fully mixed economy of NHS care.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Paul Martin survived his first big parliamentary challenge Thursday with a last-minute deal to avoid a vote that threatened to topple his Liberal minority government.
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Prime Minister Paul Martin said yesterday that a first ministers conference on medicare merits three days, three weeks or three months of negotiation -- even as Alberta Premier Ralph Klein
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Canada said on Thursday the multibillion-dollar health-care deal it has negotiated with its provinces will not derail its day-care and urban-renewal initiatives
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Ontario&#39;s embattled health minister yesterday said he&#39;s ready to talk to the province&#39;s doctors about the tentative deal they rejected, but arbitration is out of the question.
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The Martin government is considering a substantial fund to make it easier for patients to receive treatment outside their home province as Ottawa focuses on reducing
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Health Secretary Alan Johnson is expected to set out how he wants to reform the "sick-note" culture.
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Prime Minister Paul Martin was eager to touch on a number of issues, from missile defence to taxes to same-sex marriage, when he sat down for his annual year-end interview on Tuesday.
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There is little doubt that Prime Minister Paul Martin took the path of least resistance in his handling of Quebec at last week&#39;s medicare summit.