Labour defeated over health plans
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The government has been defeated over its plans for the NHS at the Labour Party conference.
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OTTAWA - Sheila Copps has dropped a political bombshell by accusing Prime Minister Paul Martin of a plan to scrap the Canada Health Act when he was finance minister in 1995.
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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  May 30--Shareholders of managed care giant UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday narrowly rejected a proposal championed by California's two massive public pension funds to make it easier to nominate company directors.
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Four in 10 people do not believe the NHS has got better under Labour, a poll suggests.
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HEALTH Minister Manto TshabalalaMsimang filed a notice to appeal in the Constitutional Court yesterday against Monday&#39;s Supreme Court of Appeals judgment, which scrapped the medicine-price controls.
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John Prescott admitted today that his plans for regional devolution in England had suffered an "emphatic" defeat after voters in North-east ejected proposals for an elected assembly by more than three-to-one. ...
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TORONTO (CP) - Ontario&#39;s doctors overwhelmingly rejected a much-touted fee agreement with the provincial government on Saturday, a major setback for planned health-care reforms in the province with no immediate plan to resume negotiations.
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The number of local health boards in Wales should be cut because they don't serve all patients properly, says the health minister.
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Labour keeps its Sedgefield and Ealing Southall seats in by-elections - but its winning margins fall.
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Conservative party licks its wounds after Labour enjoys double byelection victory.
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NHS workers react with "anger and dismay" at government plans to raise retirement ages and reform their pensions, unions say.
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Supporters of a childrenâs health insurance bill failed, as expected, to override President Bushâs veto, falling 13 votes short of the necessary two-thirds majority of those present.
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LABOR has again rejected claims that its plan for free hospital care for over-75s had not been properly costed. A report by Econtech, commissioned by the Australian Health Insurance Association, has estimated
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Gordon Brown&#39;s governing Labour Party has lost ground to the Conservatives in a poll published Tuesday, despite increased publicity from his accession to the party&#39;s leadership.
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To the delight of business  groups, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has come out  against four out of five health-care measures on the state's  Nov. 2 ballot, including one employers call a "jobs-killer."
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The New Brunswick Council of Hospital Union has reviewed the proposal given by Premier Bernard Lord last night. âThe proposal by Premier Lord is a further insult to the valuable work performed by the health
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Ontario Health Organizations have given a lukewarm response to the province&#39;s plan for the health care system. Health Minister George Smitherman is establishing a health-results team to cut waiting times.