- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- Older News (2008)
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
