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NEWS RELEASE:  Leading economist shatters myth that public health care is ‘unsustainable’  June 17, 2010

NEWS RELEASE:  Canada Health Act report: Parliament kept in the dark, no accountability  March 25, 2010

NEWS RELEASE:  Priority flu shots are for high-risk not high-income patients  November 2, 2009

e-BULLETIN:  Stand on Guard for Medicare  September 21, 2009

NEWS RELEASE:  Prime Minister, Stand on Guard for Medicare  September 16, 2009

NEWS RELEASE:  New poll shows overwhelming support for public health care  August 12, 2009

NEWS RELEASE:  Private N.B. clinics off the table for now, but vigilance needed  July 28, 2009

e-BULLETIN:  Look, Pledge and Act to Protect Medicare  July 1, 2009

NEWS RELEASE:  Coalition urges NB Health Minister to find public sector solutions  May 6, 2009

NEWS RELEASE:  Coalition launches national campaign to save public health care  April 15, 2009

JUNE 2010

Leading economist shatters myth that public health care is ‘unsustainable’  Media Release, June 17, 2010

Public health care as sustainable as we want it to be   Toronto Star, June 1, 2010

MAY 2010

Health Coalition co-ordinator calls for national public drug plan  Charlottetown Guardian, May 14

Bankrupt beacon of privatized health-care  Toronto Star, May 11

APRIL 2010

Reality check on health-care costs: Despite the rhetoric about unsustainability, privatization and user fees are not the answer  Toronto Star, April 4

MARCH 2010

Liberals urged to overhaul Medicare due to rising costs  Canadian Press, March 27

Canada Health Act Annual Report: Parliament kept in the dark. No accountability or transparency on health funding  Media Release, March 25

Free market only inflates the cost of health care  National Post, March 18

British health system has seen little benefit from market reforms, says think tank  British Medical Journal, March 8

FEBRUARY 2010

Public versus profit; Alberta’s new health reform agenda has a distinctly Calgary flavour as private, for-profit clinics take hold  Edmonton Journal, February 28

Public is urged to dump private companies from health system  British Medical Journal, February 12

DECEMBER 2009

The Fraser Institute bangs its well-worn drum on health care  Rabble.ca, December 1

NOVEMBER 2009

Harper should honour National Medicare Week by acting on private clinics, initiating Pharmacare  Media Release, November 17

New Poll: 90% of Canadians Support Public Health Care  Nanos Research, November 4

Private clinics accused of H1N1 queue jumping  CTV News, November 3

Private-clinic patients jump the line for flu shot   The Globe and Mail, November 2

OCTOBER 2009

Health Coalition warns Sask. gov’t: Paying for private-surgical clinics could jeopardize wait times progress  Media Release, October 30

Mary Walsh to Headline CHC’s 30th Anniversary Gala  Canadian Health Coalition , October 26

Friends of Medicare calls upon Health Ministers to make extra-billing and user charges public  Media Release, October 1

SEPTEMBER 2009

Canada outranks United States in healthcare report card  Reuters, September 28

Alberta health care protesters want answers from Stelmach  Edmonton Journal, September 25

Canadian Health Care, Even With Queues, Bests U.S.  Bloomberg News, September 18

An inconvenient truth for the GOP: Canada’s system is better  The Globe and Mail, September 14

Supreme Court Showdown for Private Clinics  The Tyee, September 7, 2009

AUGUST 2009

Why I’d rather be sick here than in U.S.  Toronto Star, August 20

Introduce competition to boost health care, MDs say  The Globe and Mail, August 20

Editorial: Doctoring Medicare  Toronto Star, August 16

Canadians back ‘public solutions’ to improve care, poll finds  The Globe and Mail, August 12

Health bogeymen cloud the issue  Cape Breton Post, August 12

Public health care scores big in poll as MDs study privatization  Toronto Star, August 12

Profit takes precedence over reform  Toronto Star, August 11

A Canadian doctor diagnoses U.S. healthcare  L.A. Times, August 3

JULY 2009

U.S. debate reminds us our medicare is worth it  The Globe and Mail, July 30

Real Canadians stick up for universal health care  Huffington Post, July 29

N.B. Health Coalition pleased with Shawn Graham’s decision to stop private diagnostic clinics  News Release, July 21

New Brunswick puts brakes on private clinics  Telegraph-Journal, July 21

Private health care slips under radar  The Globe and Mail, July 16

Canada’s Medicare Gets Black Eye in U.S. Health Care Fight  The Epoch Times, July 14

(video)  Bill Moyers interview with Wendell Potter, former health insurance industry-insider  PBS.org, July 10

JUNE 2009

Public health care saves lives  The Observer, June 25

Debunking Canadian health care myths  Denver Post, June 7

Public health care worth saving  Toronto Star, June 5

Speaker outlines merits of Medicare  Charlottetown Guardian, June 2

MAY 2009

A good-news story about cancer  Ottawa Citizen, May 17

Health care is good for the economy  Ottawa Citizen, May 14, 2009

U.S. health care lies about Canada   Financial Post, May 13

Canadian doctor stars in U.S. TV ads touting private health care   May 7-12

Canadian Health Coalition Open Letter to U.S. President Barack Obama  Medicare.ca, May 7

Privatizing health care can be pricey  Daily Gleaner, May 6

APRIL 2009

Next stop for New Brunswick: privatized health care  Telegraph Journal, April 29

At this private clinic, even a dead man had to wait  April-May

Murphy still committed to health care ‘competition’  Times & Transcript, April 22

Don’t listen to the myth of a European model for health care  The Hill Times, April 20

Can’t wait for CMA head to leave  Toronto Star, April 18

Medicare advocates target top doctor  Toronto Star, April 16

Coalition slams Murphy for private delivery musings  CBC News, April 16

Coalition fights private health care  Times & Transcript, April 16

For-profit won’t heal health care  Toronto Star, April 16

Brian Day’s “Unlawful Billing Practices”  Canwest News, April 15

No time to give up on health principles Letter to the Editor  National Post, April 10

There’s a fly in the ointment of Ouellet’s health-care cure  Medical Post, April 7

The Canadian Media’s Push for Privatized Medicine  Fifth Estate, April 1

MARCH 2009

Public being misled by marketing of medical scans Download Report  CCPA, March 30

More MRI cash helping rich more than poor: study  The Globe and Mail, March 3

FEBRUARY 2009

P3 bailouts expose health-care hypocrisy  The Globe and Mail, February 12

Stephen Harper’s federal budget bad for your health  Straight Goods, February 12

CMA pushes Europe-style health care  National Post, February 10

The Hip Bone’s Connected to the Wallet  Ottawa Citizen, February 8

In this P3, taxpayers are the ones who paid  The Globe and Mail, February 5

JANUARY 2009

Cataractes: deux fois moins cher dans le public English  Le Devoir, January 30

OLDER NEWS (2008)

Canada Health Act breaches ignored, groups charge  CMAJ, November 18

B.C. Gov’t told officials to not enforce health laws  BCNU, November 13

Explosion of private clinics raising red flags  Toronto Star, October 6

 
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