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Feds should ‘tie a rope’ to health-care payments to address capacity problems, say MPs and experts

Increasing health-care spending, accrediting more foreign-trained health-care workers, and incentivizing frontline workers are solutions MPs and experts suggest to address Canada's challenged health-care capacity.

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BY MATTHEW HORWOOD
January 18, 2022

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Feds ‘walk the tightrope’ with health-care offer, but ‘culture change’ needed to reform system, says health expert

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Lasting health-care system change requires national human resource strategy, say health experts

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Feds ‘walk the tightrope’ with health-care offer, but ‘culture change’ needed to reform system, says health expert

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

A federal source told The Hill Times that 'sending a bunch of money' isn't working anymore, and the offer's size is based on what the government thinks the provinces need.

Feds ‘walk the tightrope’ with health-care offer, but ‘culture change’ needed to reform system, says health expert

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

A federal source told The Hill Times that 'sending a bunch of money' isn't working anymore, and the offer's size is based on what the government thinks the provinces need.

Lasting health-care system change requires national human resource strategy, say health experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s premiers will meet on Feb. 7 to discuss a new funding deal for health care with the provinces.

Lasting health-care system change requires national human resource strategy, say health experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s premiers will meet on Feb. 7 to discuss a new funding deal for health care with the provinces.

Provincial shifts towards health care privatization ‘100 per cent the wrong way to go,’ says NDP MP Davies

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Along with concern over Ontario’s announced plan to fund private clinics, Green MP Mike Morrice wants MPs to review loopholes in the current Canada Health Act that enable companies to charge for health services.

Provincial shifts towards health care privatization ‘100 per cent the wrong way to go,’ says NDP MP Davies

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Along with concern over Ontario’s announced plan to fund private clinics, Green MP Mike Morrice wants MPs to review loopholes in the current Canada Health Act that enable companies to charge for health services.

On health, premiers cherish their jurisdiction, not their responsibilities

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Having let the health system reach a state of near collapse where patients run the risk of dying in emergency rooms, the premiers are determined to shift the blame to the federal government.

On health, premiers cherish their jurisdiction, not their responsibilities

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Having let the health system reach a state of near collapse where patients run the risk of dying in emergency rooms, the premiers are determined to shift the blame to the federal government.