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Vitals check: Restoring provincial health spending in Manitoba
Health care spending in Manitoba has increased substantially since 2023, but it will take more to recover from years of underfunding
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Do trade deals put public health care up for sale?
Alberta’s promised two-tier transition comes with unacknowledged threats from trade and investment agreements.
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Deaths following paid-plasma donations demand inquiry
Two Winnipeg deaths following paid-plasma donations at for-profit centres give urgency to provincial and federal responses
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Patients or profits first?
Saskatchewan’s Patient First health plan still leaves the door open to for-profit services
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Health Canada’s drug approval process is not actually broken
Looking at actual rates of new drug approvals shows the Canadian regulator does better than critics claim, although there is still room for improvement
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Canada cuts AIDS funding while keeping support for cinnamon supply
Canada’s new approach to international development has a bizarre set of priorities
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Fact check: Alberta’s new two-tier system is not “European” health care
The Alberta government is engaged in the most significant challenge to single-payer health care in Canada since the creation of public medicare
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Seniors’ care needs a boost in the BC budget
Private-pay long-term care in BC is growing faster than public care—and it’s costing seniors and their families
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Webinar: U.S. health care comes to Canada: What to know and how to fight it
Join us for an important webinar: U.S. health care comes to Canada—let’s fight it!
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Health Care Privatization by Stealth
Privatization by stealth occurs in many ways within our public health care systems across Canada.
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Prescription drug prices are very likely to increase in Canada
Canada has a drug price problem, and it risks getting a lot worse in the near future. Canadian prices for patented drugs are already the…
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Mortality and health care privatization: A comparison between countries
Privatization is deadly. Canada needs to learn from other countries and focus on public health care instead.
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