Canada may ask G7 to study health costs in 2005
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Canada is considering asking officials from the other Group of Seven rich nations to study ways to make their health care systems financially sustainable, a Canadian official said on Saturday.
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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 - Ottawa&#39;s latest $12 billion offer is not enough to fix Canada&#39;s health care system, some premiers are charging as they prepare for an historic three-day summit with the prime minister.
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The federal government can likely scrape up a few billion extra bucks for a health-care deal with the provinces - but that won&#39;t leave much cash in Ottawa&#39;s piggy bank for anything else, analysts say.
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Employers&#39; healthcare costs are expected to increase by an average of 11.3 percent in 2005, which outpaces inflation but is lower than 12.
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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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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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The Canadian government is considering a five-year tax incentive and subsidies package aimed at convincing businesses and consumers to curb greenhouse gases, a Canadian national newspaper reported on Monday.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's premiers are hopeful that Prime Minister Paul Martin's tenuous grip on a minority government will give them leverage to drive a hard bargain at this week's high-stakes health-care summit.
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That&#39;s according to Canada&#39;s health minister. Speaking at Harvard Medical School on Wednesday, Ujjal Dosanjh says Canada can&#39;t be the &quot;drug store of the United States.
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TORONTO, Jan. 6 -- The Canadian health minister plans to restrict the supply of inexpensive prescription drugs shipped to about 2 million patients in the United States each year, and industry officials here are saying President Bush is behind the move.
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Montgomery County's plans to make Canadian prescription drugs available to employees has hit a snag after an analysis by the school system concluded that the practice won't save as much money as hoped and could be more expensive than domestic sources for drugs.
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TORONTO (CP) - Downsizing strategies implemented by governments and companies alike in the 1990s have burdened Canada&#39;s health-care system with up to $14 billion a year in additional costs, a new federal study concludes.
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FREDERICTON - Premier Bernard Lord says he may be willing to give up on a national prescription drug program to get more money for health care from Ottawa.
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Canada cut the premium it plans to charge workers and companies for unemployment insurance in 2005 by 7 cents, the smallest reduction since the government started lowering the rates a decade ago.
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Ottawa appears to be opening up to Quebec&#39;s demands to resolve the issue of health care funding, Premier Jean Charest said yesterday on his way into his weekly cabinet meeting.
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TORONTO -- The federal and Ontario governments acknowledged yesterday that voters want improvements to health care and will not tolerate squabbling between Ottawa and the provinces over who pays for what.