Premiers&#39; plan for national pharmacare program on meeting agenda ...
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Alberta Premier Ralph Klein called it a stroke of brilliance and his provincial counterparts thought it a great idea - a national pharmacare program something like the country&#39;s medicare program.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The first ministers health summit headed into its final day Wednesday with the premiers and the prime minister still looking for a cure for the ailing patient - medicare.
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Political squabbling over a national pharmacare program is threatening to &quot;scuttle and destroy&quot; next month&#39;s federal-provincial health conference, which is fundamentally about the future of Canada, former Saskatchewan premier Roy Romanow has warned.
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OTTAWA - Canada&#39;s premiers are gathered in Ottawa preparing for an historic summit with the prime minister on the issue of health care.
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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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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced a new plan to curb the use of toxic chemicals in Canada.  The plan covers compounds that were recently reviewed for their toxicity levels.
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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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OTTAWA -- Premier Gary Doer choked yesterday. After weeks of tough talk about how he planned to hold Prime Minister Paul Martin&#39;s feet to the fire on an election promise to set up a national pharmacare program, Doer went limp.
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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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When the federal government says it can&#39;t afford a national pharmacare program -- the one recently proposed by the provinces -- what it&#39;s really saying is that the provinces can&#39;t afford what they already have.
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PM to unveil major new national health screening programme
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On prescription drugs, at least, Ujjal Dosanjh has his priorities dead right. The federal health minister&#39;s most important job right now is to ensure Canada&#39;s supply of pharmaceuticals.
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What is Dalton McGuinty&#39;s real motive in advocating for a National Pharmacare program funded solely by the federal government? ...
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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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OTTAWA - &quot;It&#39;s show, and we don&#39;t have the dough,&quot; Premier Pat Binns said as he headed into the first day of a summit on health care in Ottawa.
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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 government is moving ahead with its revised proposal to Ontario&#39;s doctors because the latest changes address concerns raised by doctors who earlier rejected the deal, Health Minister George Smitherman said Monday.