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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California insurance commissioner expected to announce today that he will allow $16.4 billion deal with WellPoint Health Networks to take place.
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OTTAWA - Tempers flared at the national health summit on Tuesday over Ottawa&#39;s offer of short-term funding to address long waiting times for some medical procedures - a problem that some of the premiers tracked back to Paul Martin&#39;s term as finance
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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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Senate and House negotiators from both parties reached a final deal yesterday on an expansion of a health insurance program for the children of the working poor, just a day after President Bush vowed to veto it.
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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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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President George W. Bush on Saturday signed into law a temporary extension of a popular health insurance program for children after months of deadlock with the Democratic-led Congress.
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OTTAWA - Paul Martin, the Prime Minister, risks driving Quebecers toward separatism if he tries next week to force a medicare deal full of unacceptable conditions on the provinces, the Institute for Research on Public Policy warns.
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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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TORONTO - The Ontario government should impose a new contract on the province&#39;s doctors if they won&#39;t agree to its badly needed reforms, the chair of a federal commission on health care says.
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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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QUEBEC (CP) - Premier Jean Charest expressed growing optimism Thursday that Quebec and other provinces will be able to reach a deal with Ottawa on health care.
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GP surgeries may open during evenings and weekends - if a deal is struck between doctors and ministers.
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Germany's coalition government said Thursday it has reached an agreement on health reforms after months of contention.Comment
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - Canada&#39;s premiers wrapped up their talks on health care Thursday by challenging Prime Minister Paul Martin to say exactly what he meant when he promised a national pharmacare program during the election campaign.
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President Bush's nominee for secretary of health and human services said Tuesday that states could provide health insurance to more people if they had "greater flexibility" to reshape the Medicaid program.
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After three days of operation, the first ministers performed CPR on a new health care funding deal.Late Wednesday night, the Premiers and Prime Minister Paul Martin reached a compromise agreement to put more money into the health-care system.