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  Re-tooling the healthcare system
  By Thérèse Stukel and David Henry
  As Canadians, we take justifiable pride in our healthcare system with its long record of equitable coverage for most important services. If you become acutely ill and you live close to a major centre you will receive care that is as good as anywhere in the world.
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  Is the Canadian health care delivery system a Ponzi scheme?
  By Robert Brown
  Academics and policy wonks who wish to privatize many benefit delivery systems in Canada have a new media savvy salvo now aimed at the Canadian health care system.
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  Time for Ottawa to change course on healthcare
  By Allan Maslove
  The current federal-provincial Accord governing the Canada Health Transfer expires in 2014 and the early preparations for the next round of negotiations are getting underway. At this stage, signs are not encouraging.
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  Accountability measures are the key to sustaining healthcare in Canada
  By John Millar
  We’ve heard it from many quarters now: The fiscal sustainability of Canada’s health care system is under threat as health expenditures are increasing faster than government revenues.

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