Public health advocates, including the Canadian Health Coalition, are disappointed over the lack of progress on increased funding to address the health care crisis so far at the annual premiers meeting in Victoria. “The Prime Minister needs to step up with additional funding, and Premiers need to provide greater accountability and transparency for health care … Read more
Canadian Health Coalition is calling for conditional federal health care dollars for the provinces and territories, countering the demands from provincial and territorial leaders for more unconditional federal dollars. “Of course, governments need to spend more on our overstretched system,” said Canadian Health Coalition chairperson Pauline Worsfold, RN. “And we need to ensure any increases to … Read more
The Canadian Health Coalition is calling on parties, candidates, and voters to commit to strengthening Canada’s public health care system with increased funding, a national pharmacare program, national standards for long-term care, a move away from for-profit providers, and eliminating systemic racism. “Frontline health workers, who are essential to protect lives during the COVID-19 pandemic, want … Read more
Pauline Worsfold, chairperson of the Canadian Health Coalition, issued a statement: “I am disappointed by the outcome of [Feb. 24]’s vote in the House of Commons, and thank all MPs who supported Bill C-213. The Canadian Health Coalition and its members will continue to press fervently the Liberal government and all parties for the introduction … Read more
The Canadian Health Coalition is very pleased with the final recommendations of the Advisory Council on the Implementation of Pharmacare. “We applaud the work of the Council and its Chair, Dr. Eric Hoskins.” said Melanie Benard, CHC’s National Director of Policy and Advocacy. “They recognized that universal, public pharmacare is the only way to ensure all Canadians … Read more
The Canadian Health Coalition applauds the Parliamentary Committee on Health on its report on a national public drug plan: Pharmacare Now: Prescription Medicine Coverage for all Canadians. “Bravo! The Committee has not just recommended improved, universal public drug coverage for all Canadians, but has given us a clear road map for how to get there,” said CHC … Read more
The Canadian Health Coalition has called the finance minister’s backing away from a universal public drug plan a betrayal of the expressed desire of Canadians for what has been called the “unfinished business” of Medicare. “Millions of Canadians have been waiting decades for life-saving medications and were ecstatic by the Liberals announcement yesterday” said James … Read more
During National Medicare week, a new poll conducted by EKOS Polling and commissioned by the Canadian Health Coalition shows 9 out of 10 Canadians want the federal government to intervene when unlawful billing takes place. “Across Canada people are being charged unlawfully for services that are covered by the Canada Health Act,” says James Hutt, Interim … Read more
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Krever Inquiry into the tainted blood scandal, parliamentarians, health advocates and health professionals gathered in Ottawa to call on the Trudeau government to uphold the landmark Krever Inquiry and rescind licenses granted to private, for-profit blood collection clinics that are selling Canadian blood abroad. Documents obtained … Read more
The Canadian Health Coalition and our pro-public health care allies are pleased the House of Commons’ Health Standing Committee has recognized the need to address this situation and last year began studying a national pharmacare program. During their study, HESA directed the Parliamentary Budget Office to report on the costs of creating universal pharmacare. That … Read more
