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CUPE, February 2011
New videos produced by CUPE on the myths surrounding the privatization of health care are now available. Whether you are a health care worker, a union activist or a concerned citizen, the videos help to answer important questions about the future of our public health care system. MORE …
Guests:
Michael McBane, National Coordinator, Canadian Health Coalition
Dr. Brian Day, Cambie Surgery Centre, and former president of the Canadian Medical Association
The Canadian Health Coalition 30th Anniversary Gala was held November 17th and was a great success.
A big thanks to all those who made the event possible. CLICK HERE for more information and videos.
Click here to sign the MEDICARE PLEDGE
According to Globe and Mail Columnist André Picard:
“An overwhelming 86 per cent of Canadians favour “public solutions” for bolstering medicare, according to a new poll. The survey, commissioned by the Canadian Health Coalition, is being released Wednesday as a pre-emptive strike. That is because the Canadian Medical Association, at its coming general council meeting, plans to stage a high-profile discussion about transforming medicare, and it will release its own poll on support for privately delivered care. Michael McBane, national co-ordinator of the Canadian Health Coalition, said he has no doubt that poll will show strong support for “privatization schemes” but the “language used in the CMA survey was so vague and misleading that its results cannot possible be interpreted as support for more for-profit medicine.” He said that the outgoing CMA president, Robert Ouellet, operates private medical imaging clinics and is promoting a personal agenda that is out of step with Canadian values.”
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According to Financial Post Editor Diane Francis:
“Universal health care is a cornerstone of smart economic policy…. Take, for example, the effect of guaranteed health care on economic activity, business expansion or the public’s sense of wellbeing. If a worker in Canada or Europe or Japan loses his or her job this recession, it’s a psychological and financial blow. But if an American loses his or her job, the family faces financial ruin if sickness strikes any member because they are without healthcare coverage. …Worse yet, if a major illness is diagnosed during unemployment, a worker becomes unemployable, bringing about a life sentence of poverty.”
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Campagne pour le régime publicLes soins de santé à but lucratif privatisés posent une grave menace à votre santé et à votre porte-monnaie. Plus de soins de santé à but lucratif privatisés veulent dire moins de soins de santé en régime public – quelque chose que les Canadiens n’ont pas les moyens de se payer. Une écrasante majorité des Canadiens appuient notre régime public de soins de santé. Mais il y a un petit nombre de puissants opposants, dont les sociétés d’assurance, les politiciens de droite et des médecins financièrement motivés, qui essaient de saboter notre cher régime de soins de santé. La Coalition canadienne pour la santé lance une campagne majeure pour exposer les dangers des soins de santé privés à but lucratif au Canada (et proposer des solutions de rechange). Nous espérons vous voudrez bien être des nôtres ! |
