By Michael Rachlis, Robert G. Evans, Patrick Lewis, & Morris L. Barer
Tommy Douglas Research Institute
"The implementation of Medicare thirty years ago was a
Getting What We Pay For: Myths and Realities about Financing Canada's Health Care System
by Raisa B. Deber, PhD
Department of Health Administration, University of Toronto
Dr. Raisa Deber presented this paper at the symposium on Canadian and American health care,
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
COSATU STATEMENT ON THE HIGH COURT CASE BY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
COSATU Communications Department - 2001-01-15
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The democratic parliament passed the Medicines and Related Substance Control Amendments Act in 1997 as means to facilitate access to cheap
Psst. The real scoop on Patient Assistance Programs
ZNET commentary, December 26, 2000
By Dorothy Guellec
Drug companies are giving away medications if you know how to ask. This is the best-kept secret because it
USA Today Letter to the Editor
USA TODAY
December 20, 2000
Page 12A
Some health-insurance woes can be avoided.
The health insurance industry told the public and employers that they could provide medical care for
Dear Santa, Universal Healthcare this year, please?
By Joan Retsinas
The Progressive Populist
Dear Santa,
It's time for my annual letter to you. Fresh from giving thanks for all the bounties of prosperity at Thanksgiving,
Op-Ed by Bob LeBow, MD, Medical Director at Terry Reilly Health Services in Nampa, Idaho
People without health insurance suffer many indignities--long waits in overcrowded emergency rooms, the inability to pay for a needed prescription, and the scorn of those
Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights: Health Coverage Proposal By Hospitals, HMOs and Families USA Falls Short of Real Fix
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights:
The Foundation for Taxpayer and
A Letter to the Los Angeles Times, October 26, 2000
Los Angeles Times
October 26, 2000
Letters
Saul Isaac Harrison, M.D.:
"This physician appreciates your Column One about Europe's single-payer health care systems costing less and being more effective