CDM Media Coverage

2009

August 30, 2009, The US Health Insurance Assault on Canadian Medicare -
Canada's Response - GlobalResearch.ca Centre for Research on Globalization - by Elizabeth Woodworth.
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August 28, 2009,  Canadian health-care advocates fire back - Globe and Mail Update by Anna Mehler Paperny
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August 28, 2009, Canadian health-care experts weigh in on U.S. debate - The Star Phoenix - By Jeremy Warren - Video made in Saskatoon finds audience on YouTube 
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August 20, 2009,  At 25, the Canada Health Act deserves better from our leaders - Globe and Mail - By Andre Picard
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July 17, 2009,  Health care system doesn't need overhauling, just fixing - Vancouver Sun - By Randall F. White, MD,
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July 5, 2009, Most Say Health Care System Working, No Appetite for Further Privatization, Harris/Decima Press Release
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July 2, 2009, A prescription for the minister of health</b> - 'Individual choice' is Liberal code for a market-oriented system - Victoria Times Colonist - By Randall F. White, MD,
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June 5, 2009, The Star.com, Public health care worth saving, By Ahmed Mian.
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April 16, 2009,  For-profit won't heal health care - The Star - By Michael Rachlis
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April 10, 2009, Counterpoint: No time to give up on health care principles - The National Post - By Linda Silas, Kaaren Neufeld, and Dr. Danielle Martin.
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April 07, 2009,  The Medical Post, There's a fly in the ointment of Ouellet's health-care cure,
By Matt Borsellino. -
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March 17, 2009, The real health care lessons from Europe</b> - "if we truly want to bring the lessons of European health care to Canada, we should realize that privatization has never been the European prescription." - The Ottawa Citizen - By Irfan Dhalla and Chris Mackie
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February 13, 2009, Private insurance makes health care worse - Australian experience proves the idea would lead only to disaster - The Victoria Times Colonist - By Randall White
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February 10, 2009, The Ottawa Citizen, The hip bone's connected to the wallet - Three good reasons why private clinics don't work, By Julie Mason. -
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February 4, 2009, Standing up for our public healthcare system - The McGill Reporter - By Adam Hofmann
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January 17, 2009, CDM Board member, Simon Turcotte, speaks about public health care to Residents in Québec
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The fact that private payment is associated with a transfer of the financing burden from higher to lower income groups is clearly demonstrated by the experiences of the United States and countries of the European community (van Doorslaer et al., Wagstaff et al., Journal of Health Economics, Jun.1999).

Source: Health Care in Canada: Organization, Financing, and Access;

Evans and Barer, 2001.

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