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The primary obstacles of single-payer health care in American states
Canadian Medicare did not start out as a national institution. It started in one province, Saskatchewan, and spread to others over the years. Some American politicians believe they can replicate this in the United States. Prof. Steve ...
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Overhead, So What? Medicare Needs Competition
Appeared in The Globe and Mail, August 25, 2003 Last Thursday, the New England Journal of Medicine published an article claiming that administrative costs of health care in the United States are higher than in those in Canada: $1,059 (US) in the United ...
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Prescription Benefit Tied to Medicare may Deny Payments for Pricier, More Effective Drugs
Appeared in the Watertown (NY) Daily Times and the Norwalk (CT) Hour Worried about rising expenditures for prescription drugs, many states are employing preferred lists to encourage doctors to prescribe older, lower-priced drugs and forego the latest, ...
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National Pharmacare: Prescription for Restriction
Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen The existence of independent provincial Pharmacare programs and private insurance for prescription drugs is considered by some to be a blot on Canadian medicare. They want these options abolished in favour of National ...