Canadian Health Coalition

Rick Mercer congratulates the Canadian Health Coalition on 30 years!

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:40:27 +0000

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.

Kiefer Sutherland pledges his support for Medicare

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:26 +0000

Click here to sign the MEDICARE PLEDGE

New Nanos Poll: 90% of Canadians Support Medicare

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:15:43 +0000

Sign the Medicare Pledge

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:32:34 +0000

Private clinic patients jump the flu queue

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:57:33 +0000

Messages To Ed Stelmach from Red Deer

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:31:33 +0000

New Videos from Alberta Friends of Medicare

Watch the VIDEOS and post your comments here

Canadians back ‘public solutions’ to improve care, poll finds

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:21:59 +0000

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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U.S. health care lies about Canada

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:31:38 +0000

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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