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Monday, February 24, 2014

Killing medicare and Canadians

It's not good enough that Harper is terminating the federal government's participation in universal health care. He wants to ensure its death knell by preventing the provinces from continuing it, as well.

Buried on page 279 of the 2014 federal budget is a measure that will make it next to impossible for provinces to provide health care services on equal terms and conditions. The purpose of this budget item is to strike a blow to the heart and soul of universal health care in Canada.

The Harper government is eliminating the equalization portion of the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) and replacing it with an equal per capita transfer. This means that less populous provinces with relatively larger and more isolated populations will have more and more difficulty delivering more expensive universal health services.


http://rabble.ca/news/2013/08/harpers-barely-hidden-agenda-to-undermine-public-health-care-canada

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