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May 2006: Feeding the Sleeping Pill Addiction

Insomniacs becoming collateral damage in sleep-meds war

I recently woke up at three in the morning with the chilling words “collateral damage” ringing in my cranium.

This is standard-issue military techno-speak, a term you’d find in the same bunker as “friendly fire” or “soft targets.” It refers to those unfortunate souls who happened to get killed or maimed, not by something they did, but because they happened to live close to something someone thought was a good target.

Mending Medicare

Analysis and Commentary on Canada's Health Care Crisis

Reports & Studies

April 2006: The Topic of Cancer

It's sick to make sickness essential for making profits

The Monitor

Lessons from Alberta

The Medicare Advantage

Commentary and Fact Sheets

February 2006: Comparing Public and Private Health Care

Canada’s public health care system has 10 clear advantages

December 2005: Monitoring Medicare's Murder

Public awakens to assassination of Medicare, but is it too late?

The Monitor

Public Solutions to Health Care Waitlists

Reports & Studies
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