Health pact under fire
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CALGARY -- The ink&#39;s barely dry on the $41-billion deal, but the federal health minister yesterday found himself defending the package amid warnings from the provinces it won&#39;t be enough.
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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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Newfound alliance nears agreement on tentative plan aimed at reinvigorating battered economy, moving at a pace that alarms some legislators.
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A row is brewing over planned new laws which critics claim would allow euthanasia by the back door.
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Germany's coalition government overcame  months of bickering on Thursday and agreed a compromise on  health care reform viewed as a test of Chancellor Angela  Merkel's leadership and her government's stability.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition reached an agreement on a health reform plan Thursday, ending weeks of feuding that raised doubts over the government's future.
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The public think politicians should not meddle day-to-day with the health service, a key body claims.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 14--There is a slope. And it is slippery.   Especially, it seems, regarding issues of public health.   Lawmakers in North Dakota and Minnesota have spent lots of time on health  proposals -- bills that protect us from ourselves.
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A study concludes the region's largest health insurer is shirking its legal obligation to support public health needs.
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OTTAWA - Canada&#39;s premiers and territorial leaders released a health funding counter-proposal Tuesday, saying Prime Minister Paul Martin&#39;s offer of $24.
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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.
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Description: The world&#39;s first public health treaty is set to become international law, but the United States has yet to ratify it.
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The EU is set to unveil controversial plans to give every citizen the right to health care across Europe.
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TORONTO (CP) - The Ontario government is adamant it will push ahead with its agenda to improve health care despite a sound rejection of a proposed landmark deal by the province&#39;s doctors.
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There&#39;s nothing wrong with a separate health deal for Quebec at next week&#39;s first-ministers meeting, Premier Jean Charest said yesterday, following a meeting with various representatives from Quebec&#39;s health care network.
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The health agreement reached between Ottawa and the provinces is a curious document. On the one hand, it puts Ottawa back in the game by committing the federal government to ratchet up its share of medicare funding.
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Health-care providers and pundits are applauding the medicare deal while trying to figure out who will get what. The deal, announced early yesterday, will see $18 billion over six years flowing to the provinces