Health deal gives NB $425M more
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OTTAWA - Canadians were supposed to witness the so-called health-care fix for a generation unfold on live television but Prime Minister Paul Martin and the premiers retreated behind closed doors to settle on a six-year, $18-billion medicare package.
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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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LifePoint Hospitals has agreed to acquire rival Province Healthcare for $1.125 billion in cash and stock to broaden its geographic reach.
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Australia's Healthscope Ltd.  launched a A$2.86 billion ($2.34 billion) takeover offer for larger rival Symbion Health Ltd.  on Tuesday, backed by private equity firms Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital.
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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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National health spending soared above $2 trillion for the first time in 2006 and has nearly doubled in the last decade.
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Sickness absence in the NI Civil Service is on the increase, and has cost  Â£25.6m this year.
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The country&#39;s provincial and territorial health ministers forged ahead today with their push for a multibillion-dollar national pharmacare program despite continuing rejection of the idea from Ottawa.
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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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The airline also announced today that it was increasing the shared cost of health care coverage and as part of its plan to avoid bankruptcy.
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The cost of employer-provided health insurance rose 6.1 percent this year, the smallest jump since 1999 but still well above the increase in wages and consumer prices, according to an annual survey released yesterday by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
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LifePoint Hospitals Inc.  said  on Monday it agreed to acquire Province Healthcare Co.   for about $1.125 billion in cash and stock.
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QUEBEC (CP) - Provincial ministers in charge of local governments said Friday the new health accord signed with Ottawa gives them confidence they can also reach a new funding deal for cities and towns.
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The $2.6 billion purchase will give UnitedHealth, the nation's largest health insurance company, its first managed care presence in Nevada.
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he cost of providing health care to employees has risen 11.2 percent this year, according to the results of an authoritative national survey reported yesterday.
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The health insurer beats some estimates and raises others.
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OTTAWA - Premier Gordon Campbell says the federal government&#39;s latest multi-billion offer to increase health-care funding falls far short of what&#39;s needed.