The long-standing and often emotional debate surrounding the federal government's
proposal to restructure its health care legislation will enter its final phase this fall with the …

The article comments on government policies on Medicare and health care in Canada in
2006. Key issues discussed include the reasons why the Canadian health care system is in …

The federal government has attempted to downplay the effect its recent budget will have on
health care, but observers ranging from provincial governments to health care organizations …

Physicians in provinces other than Quebec may wonder if the glowing reports about
Quebec's Medicare, put forth by some politicians and newspapers during the long Canada …

Canadians should be optimistic that the nation-building values of Canada's public health
system were reaffirmed by yesterday's Supreme Court ruling, with all of the court's …

Beset by unprecedented fiscal pressures, Canadian medicare has reached a crossroads.
The authors review the impact of recent cuts in federal transfer payments on provincial …

T he Health Action Lobby (HEAL), the lobby group organized lastyear in re-sponse to
government restraint measures and out of concern over the future of Canada's health care …

In a democratic society it is an unchallenged principle that professional organizations and
societies should not overtly or covertly be allied to any political party. On November 4-four …

The author examines the focus of the Howard government's health policy in expanding the
size of the private sector by using tax dollars rather than to improve services in the public …