CDM Media Coverage
2007
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December 7, 2007 - Letter -
National Post - Other MDs say he was wrong - Re: Top Doctor Admits
To Queue-Jump, Dec. 4; Brian Day Is Hardly Alone, editorial, Dec. 5. |
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December 5, 2007 - Ottawa
Citzen- Hospital strikes out 'VIP' status - Dr. Danielle Martin, a
family physician and chairwoman of Canadian Doctors for Medicare, said
that while queue-jumping does exist, she believes it is the exception,
and not the rule. - More |
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November 15, 2007 - Baby boomers won't overload
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November 1, 2007 - Vancouver Sun - Letter by Margaret
McGregor. - "The seven-year old World Health Organization report rating
Canada 30th in the quality of its health care, to which Dr. Brian Day
refers, has been discredited for a number of years." - - More |
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October, 2007 - Ottawa Citizen - Letter by Dr. Harvey
Barkun
- "One only has to look south of the border to the epitome of privately
funded health care to realize that 46 million are uninsured, another 35
million are inadequately covered, health outcomes lag behind those in
most industrialized countries. And yet the US spends over 15% of Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) on health compared to Canada's under 10 %." - - More |
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August 16, 2007
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Canadian Medical Association chief's plan
to cut wait lists controversial - Canadian Press - Camille Bains
"Dr. Danielle Martin, spokeswoman for.... Canadian Doctors for
Medicare, said innovative reforms in every province are reducing wait
lists in some areas." - More |
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August 15, 2007 - Toronto Star- Misguided proposals for
two-tier health care, By Danielle Martin. - "What will the Canadian
Medical Association do next?" - - More |
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August 14, 2007 - CMA chief defends letting patients
jump
queue - Rod Mickleburgh - Globe and Mail - "..I find it disappointing
that he is allowing patients to jump the queue," said Danielle Martin
of Canadian Doctors for Medicare.
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August 9, 2007 - How soon is now? - Premiers, Feds must
act
now to improve health care for all generations of Canadians - CNW
Telbec, MONCTON, NB. "Medicare needs our help. The evidence supports
publicly-funded care: it works better, it is cheaper, and all citizens
have equal access to health care," said Dr. John Gillis, CDM Board
Member. - More |
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August 4, 2007 - Vancouver Sun - Letter - CDM member
Randall F. White, MD, FRCPC - Many doctors favour innovation over
privatization - - More |
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August 2, 2007 - National Post - Letter- Irfan Dhalla
and Danielle Martin - Private care will only make things worse. - More |
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August 1, 2007 - Globe and Mail - Op-Ed - CDM Member,
Gordon Guyatt - (CMA) - Self-interest over public interest - More |
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August 1, 2007 - Debate among doctors builds over CMA
health-care proposal -
Lisa Priest - Globe and Mail More |
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Quebec's response to the Supreme Court Ruling
and the problem of Wait-Times Bill 33 - Maurice McGregor M.D. More |
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July 26, 2007 - The Sault Star- Medicare is worth saving -
Letter
- Jonathan DellaVedova - Even proponents of privatized health care in
Canada agree that the American health care system is undesirable,
inequitable and vastly more expensive than Canada's single-tiered
Medicare. - More |
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July 18, 2007 -
Canadian
Medical Association - E Letter to the Editor - CDM member Randall
F. White, MD, FRCPC, responds to Michael Bliss - More |
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July 15, 2007 - Sicko proves our health-care approach is
working. - Janet Bagnall, Montreal Gazette - More |
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July 10, 2007 - National Post - A vote for medicare - Letter
- Danielle Martin - Re: Who's The Real Sicko? David Gratzer, July 6. |
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July 9, 2007 - The Wall Street Journal - July 7, Globe and
Mail - Letter
Danielle Martin - The introduction of private insurance or
private-for-profit health care for medically necessary services is not
the answer to challenges in the Canadian health-care system. - More |
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May 2007 - A systematic review of studies comparing health
outcomes in Canada and the United States - Gordon Guyatt et al,
Open Medicine, Vol 1, No 1 (2007) - More |
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| May 14, 2007 -
The National
Post - Letter - More Medicare is the answer- Danielle Martin Re: Taking Ontario's Health Monopoly To Court, John Carpay, May 3; and Chaoulli Comes To Ontario, editorial, May 3. John Carpay's tired depiction of our system as ranking 30th in the world based on a World Health Organization study has been widely discredited. - More |
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| May 12, 2007 -
Medical ethicist, Dr. Nuala Kenny, opposes for-profit health care;
she said Friday the medical profession is becoming demoralized.... - More |
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| Friday, May 11,
2007 - The
Edmonton Journal - Letter - Public health works- Danielle Martin Re: "Medicare cutting wait times: study," The Journal, May 9. The cut in waiting times in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario shows what can be done when innovative programs are allowed to flourish in our public health-care system. - More |
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| April 19, 2007 -
Vancouver Sun
- Letter - The debate about private clinics: Exceptional care or a
case of buyer beware?, Danielle Martin, Margaret McGregor - More |
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| The Sun editorial
board is
mistaken in thinking that for-profit clinics
are a tonic for public health care. The clinics do not increase
efficiency or innovation. - More |
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| April 17, 2007
U.K. trial
with private health care is failing - Letter to Editor - Toronto
Star, Danielle Martin Danielle. - More |
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| Politicians should
take note of
the former British health minister's
warnings about introducing competitive market forces into our public
health-care system. - More |
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| March 30, 2007 -
The hidden
costs of private clinics
Danielle Martin, M.D. - Toronto Star At face value, the private for-profit Don Mills surgical centre seems like a great way to offer needed surgery to Ontarians at low cost to the public purse.. - More |
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February 11, 2007 - Universal Medicare is not a dream - Governments should return money to the system. - Maurice McGregor M.D. - Montreal Gazette - - More |
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| February
10, 2007 - How long is too long to wait for surgery?
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No consensus yet on wait-time guarantees. By Thomas Walkom, Toronto
Star - See comment by Tom Noseworthy - CDM Board Member- - More |
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| February 8,
2007 - Equal access to health care is vital By Simon Turcotte, Marie-Claude Premont and Danielle Martin - The Hamilton Spectator - More
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