$1B plan to end doctor shortage
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Canada needs to invest $1 billion over the next five years to reverse its serious shortage of doctors and ensure there will be enough health-care providers in future to reduce long waiting lists plaguing hospitals, the Canadian Medical Association says.
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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry Monday said we need a fresh start on health care in America, and he outlined his plan to help middle-class families by cutting costs and expanding access to quality care.
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Seeking to close the state budget gap, Gov. George E. Pataki will propose at least $1 billion in spending cuts to Medicaid.
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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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Millions of uninsured Americans could save money on prescriptions under a discount program that 10 major drug makers unveiled Tuesday.
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A primary care clinic once heralded for its potential in serving the uninsured while providing critical student training will see its last patient Sept. 1, barely three years after Northern Virginia Community College received $1 million for its operation.
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OTTAWA - Premier Bernard Lord has signed his name to a deal that will pour millions more dollars into New Brunswick&#39;s health care coffers.
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A system linking the some of the globe's best doctors with the developing world is saving lives.
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More Americans are looking to Canada for ideas on fixing the health-care crisis.
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MILWAUKEE - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry promised a group of senior citizens Tuesday that he would ease the financial pinch caused by the escalating price of doctors, hospitals and medicine as it outpaces annual increases in Social
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How to benefit from increased spending on preventative medicine.
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Alaska could use 375 more doctors and a group studying the shortage recommends subsidizing students to close the physician gap.
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Americans made an estimated 890 million  visits to the doctor in 2002, a 1 percent increase from the  previous year, according to a survey released on Thursday by  the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Dr. Kenneth M. Greene wasn't sure how his 1,500 patients would react when he asked them for a $10 contribution to help pay his $11,000 malpractice insurance bill.
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The nation's largest doctors' group on Thursday launched a multimillion-dollar media campaign to promote its proposals for helping uninsured Americans get health insurance.
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Roughly one out of seven children enrolled in the popular KidCare program as of this fall no longer has insurance coverage to see a doctor or dentist or get a prescription filled.
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TORONTO (CP) - The recent $41-billion health-care deal with the federal government will help solve some of today&#39;s problems, but does little to address inevitable challenges in the future, New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord said Thursday.