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
**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:
*Ć 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.
Ohio Single Payer Program
WHEREAS every person residing or employed in Ohio, without regard to sex, age, race, income, place of residence, place of employment, or any other circumstance,
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,
National Coalition on Health Care's report "A Perfect Storm"
Adobe PDF, downloadable here.