CDM Media Coverage

2008

October 24, 2008, Governments must be diligent if two-tier health care is to be stopped. - TheStar.com - Doris Grinspun and Danielle Martin
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October 9, 2008, With good leadership, public health care can be improved - The Vancouver Sun - Letter by Randall White
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October 9, 2008 - Health policy debate fizzles despite Canadians' priorities - Party leaders keep talking about money but most formal studies highlight quality issues. The Star.com - By Michael Rachlis
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September 26, 2008 - Treating Health Care with Copeman Clinics - While there can be no doubt that primary health care has substantial problems, the Copeman Clinics, one of which opened in Calgary recently, are not the answer. Calgary Herald - Letter by Tom Noseworthy
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September 9, 2008 - Medicare proponents urge CMA leaders to find public care solutions, Matt Borsellino., Medical Post
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August 25, 2008 - Privatization not the answer to what ails medicare system - CMA leadership prescribes an expensive treatment for a disease that doesn't exist
The Toronto Star - By Danielle Martin
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August 21, 2008 - Keep care public  - The U.S. private system, despite per-capita expenditures on health care nearly twice that of Canada, has global health outcomes, such as maternal and infant mortality, which rank far lower.
The Gazette - Letter by Adam Hofmann, MD
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August 21, 2008 - Star-crossed CMA proposals - Globe and Mail,  "The new CMA chief has the support of the entire medical community when it comes to bringing prescription drugs into medicare."
Letter by Danielle Martin, M.D.
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August 18, 2008 - Doctors confirm support for public health care - "Canadian doctors believe in the fundamentals of access based on need, not on the ability to pay," said Dr. Danielle Martin, who heads the group Canadian Doctors for Medicare.,  - CTV.ca
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August 18, 2008 - Privatization is the wrong diagnosis for health-care woes -
Health-care costs can be controlled within the existing public system - Montreal Gazette,
 By Danielle Martin, M.D. More
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July 3, 2008 - A health-care lesson for Canada - Special to Globe and Mail,
By Irfan Dhalla,
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June 21, 2008 - Re: Rx: A strong dose of privatization, Toronto Star,  By Danielle Martin, M.D.

Like any good doctor, Liberal MP Keith Martin should have read the evidence before prescribing a parallel private system for Canadian health care.
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June 9, 2008 - Dr. Day's deceptive language, Winnipeg Free Press, By CDM Member, Dr. Warren Bell
Brian Day demonstrates "a shameless abandon when it comes to aligning his facts with data he doesn't like."
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May, 2008 - "Conversation" yields consensus,  BC Medical Journal, By CDM Members, Joanna Cheek, MD, Margaret McGregor, MD, Francois Proulx, MD, Randall F. White, MD, Robert F. Woollard, M.D.  More
May 13, 2008 - "I think it's time for phase two of Tommy Douglas' plan", CDM Board Member, Jonathan DellaVedova More
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April 25, 2008 - Summerland Daily Courier - Mistake to include "sustainability" in B.C. - By Khati Hendry, M.D.  More
April 2008 - National Review of Medicine - Public healthcare is not unsustainable -  By Randall White, M.D. More Photo of Dr. White
April 2008 - National Review of Medicine - We Don't Need Liberating - By Danielle Martin, M.D. More
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April 7, 2008 Toronto, CNW Telbec - Competitive health care is bad for patients. More
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February 20, 2008 - Montreal Gazette - Making patients pay is cruel, doctors say - By Charlie Fidelman, The Montreal Gazette - "There are excesses in the budget and we have to look there first rather than tax the sick," said St. Luc hospital emergency-room physician Saideh Khadir. -
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February 13, 2008 - Montreal Gazette - Operations at clinic are bad idea - Nursing shortage would become worse - By Maurice McGregor. More red arrow Photo of Dr. McGregor
January 18, 2008 - Toronto Star - Letter by Jonathan DellaVedova - Recipe for Dr. Shortage - Re: Clogged wait lists hit economy hard; Jan. 16, 2008 - We need to increase training capacity and the number of medical providers, strengthen the diversity in our health-care professions and maintain high standards of education. More Photo of Jonathan DellaVedova



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The fact that private payment is associated with a transfer of the financing burden from higher to lower income groups is clearly demonstrated by the experiences of the United States and countries of the European community (van Doorslaer et al., Wagstaff et al., Journal of Health Economics, Jun.1999).

Source: Health Care in Canada: Organization, Financing, and Access;

Evans and Barer, 2001.

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