By Miguel Aguayo
The Toronto Star
Talk of privatizing the health-care system in Canada began to emerge shortly before my immigration from the United States.
Its proponents spoke
Universal Health Insurance
http://www.stateaction.org/issues/healthcare/uhi/index.cfm
South Africa: Patients vs. Profits of Transnational Corporations
A life and death drama is unfolding in South Africa at this very moment as a consortium of pharmaceutical corporations, many based in the United
The Canadian Cure
http://www.newrules.org/journal/nrwin01health.html
Just because the federal government can't overhaul the health care system doesn't mean it can't be done. In a similar situation, Canada's provinces established individual
**Alert** – Support the MEDS Plan!
Today, the Congressional Progressive Caucus introduced:
The Medicare Extension of Drugs to Seniors (MEDS) Plan
It is a genuine Medicare prescription drug proposal.
Features:
*Ê All Medicare beneficiaries are
"Revitalizing Medicare: Shared Problems, Public Solutions"
By Michael Rachlis, Robert G. Evans, Patrick Lewis, & Morris L. Barer
Tommy Douglas Research Institute
"The implementation of Medicare thirty years ago was a major fork
Resistance to Attacks on Universal Health Care Mounts in Canada
by Linda Gouriluk
Single Payor Legislation in Maine
The Maine legislature has taken a potentially historic step on the road to the real health care reform that Americans need. The recently passed legislation
"Trading Health Care Away? GATS, Public Services and Privatisation"
by Sarah Sexton
Even before its meeting in November this year in Qatar, the WTO has already begun talks to expand one of its agreements -
“Trading Health Care Away? GATS, Public Services and Privatisation”
by Sarah Sexton
Even before its meeting in November this year in Qatar, the WTO has already begun talks to expand one of its agreements
Cost Containment and the Backdraft of Competition Policies
Download here (MS Word format).
National Coalition on Health Care’s report “A Perfect Storm”
Adobe PDF, downloadable here.