Ottawa must pay another $21 billion over decade for seniors health care, physicians urge
July 17, 2018 from
OTTAWA—Physicians are calling on the federal government to shell out another $21 billion over the next decade to help provinces and territories pay for soaring health care costs that will be propelled by the unavoidable growth of Canada’s seniors population.
A new analysis, to be released Tuesday by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), is urging Ottawa to provide bigger and bigger annual top-ups to the existing federal health care transfer program.
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