First ministers sign health accord
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A health system starved by years of chronic under-funding got a significant cash injection today as Paul Martin announced a $41-billion âdeal for a decade.
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EU ministers agree a draft deal on tearing down barriers to cross-border provision of services.
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WINNIPEG (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin made his first visit to Manitoba since the federal election Thursday with a promise to name the head of the new Public Health Agency of Canada.
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Ministers set out measures to step up the fight against hospital infections, and say they are getting to grips with the bugs.
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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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The new government was formed over the weekend after Mr Tariceanu's centrist Justice and Truth Alliance party completed a coalition deal with two smaller parties.
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A programme to provide basic healthcare to all 1.3bn of China's citizens is announced by officials.
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Two fierce rivals stood together in Washington and agreed on a series of goals for achieving universal health coverage.
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OTTAWA - A scheduled three-day first ministers conference next month designed to reform the health system should continue &quot;as long as it takes&quot; to get a deal, Prime Minister Paul Martin said today, even as one of the key premiers said he&#39;ll limit his
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The federal government has no intention of imposing a health-reform plan on the provinces if there&#39;s an impasse in upcoming first ministers&#39; negotiations, says Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh.
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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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Coventry Health Care, the Bethesda-based managed care company, yesterday announced it has signed an agreement to acquire health benefits services company First Health Group Corp.
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The document, aimed not at doctors, but at national health ministers, was the W.H.O.âs first guide to planning end-of-life care.
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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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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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QUEBEC (CP) - Provincial ministers in charge of local governments said Friday the new health accord signed with Ottawa gives them confidence they can also reach a new funding deal for cities and towns.
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On Monday, the First Ministers will gather to discuss some of the major health-care issues and what they can agree to do about them.