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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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.
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The health insurer beats some estimates and raises others.
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The Boston Scientific Corporation, the maker of medical devices, said on Thursday that it had agreed to sell its fluid management and venous access businesses for $425 million to the private equity firm Avista Capital Partners.
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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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OTTAWAâPrime Minister Paul Martin kicked off the first ministers&#39; meeting yesterday by announcing $700 million to improve aboriginal health.
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OTTAWA -- The federal government is kicking in billions in extra bucks for a health-care deal with the provinces -- but that won&#39;t leave much cash in Ottawa&#39;s piggy bank for anything else, analysts say.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a total of $213 million in program and project loans for the Philippine governmentâs health sector development program.
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TORONTO - Ontario will get an additional $7 billion for health care under the agreement reached, early Thursday morning, between the prime minister and the premiers and territorial leaders.
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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.
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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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KELOWNA - Prime Minister Paul Martin says he&#39;s willing to make concessions to forge a lasting health-care deal with the premiers, including individual deals with the provinces and the possibility of more equalization payments.
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Health insurer posted a rise in quarterly net profit as  increased membership boosted revenue.
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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 today.
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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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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
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OTTAWA -- Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and the country&#39;s provincial and territorial leaders signed a $30 billion deal Wednesday to improve the nation&#39;s health care system.