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1. The BC Government is Eroding Patients' and Physicians' Rights

   An Abridged Version Appeared in The Province, December 10, 2003 On November 17, British Columbia’s provincial government proposed several new amendments to the Medicare Protection Act. According to the news release, the goal is to protect patients from ...

2. 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 ...

3. Canada's Health Care System Still Looking Backwards

     In Canada, it is difficult to have an honest debate about the problems facing the medicare system. After almost forty years of government monopoly health care, the special interests that gain from the current system do everything to stifle discussion. ...

4. Romanow Ignores Facts, Claims No One Told Him

     Roy Romanow, head of the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, is either confused or just plain ignorant about the advantages of increased patient choice. After an alarming speech at Harvard University on Wednesday, where he claimed that ...