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News Releases July 25, 2005
Independent medical clinics open dialogue on a European
health care model
Saving Medicare Conference to tackle Supreme Court
decision
Vancouver,
BC,
The Canadian Independent Medical Clinics Association (CIMCA) is a new organization,
whose mission is to support high quality patient care and improve health care
access for all Canadians.
In the wake of the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Chaoulli-Zeliotis
appeal, CIMCA will hold a national conference in Vancouver on November 11 - 12,
2005. The goal of the conference is to develop a practical blueprint for health
care reform in Canada.
"CIMCA is the first medical association in the country to encourage dialogue
on a European style universal system, where both public and private sectors work
together to eliminate wait lists and patient suffering through timely access
to high quality care," said Dr. Brian Day, President of CIMCA.
"The Supreme Court decision has affirmed a citizen's right to protect their own
health care, said Day. "CIMCA's conference will examine how the same rights can
be applied across the country, while maintaining universality of care."
The health care summit - Saving Medicare: Strategies and Solutions - will bring
together approximately 20 experts to explore the social, legal, political, fiscal
and economic implications of the Supreme Court decision in both Quebec and other
provinces.
"Medicare is stretched to the limit and cannot survive without reform," said
Zoltan Nagy, Executive Vice-President of CIMCA. "The conference will shed light
on how we can help the public system by relieving the pressure of waiting lists
and reducing the financial stress of rising health care costs facing all provinces."
Confirmed speakers and panelists from Europe and New Zealand include Charles
Auld, Bruce Davidson and Johan Hjertqvist, and from North America, Mary Anne
Bobinski (Dean of Law, UBC), Jacques Chaoulli MD, Brian Day MD, Nadeem Esmail,
Ida Goodreau (President and CEO, Vancouver Coastal Health), Peter Hogg Q.C.,
Senator Michael Kirby, Preston Manning, William Orovan MD, Sally Pipes (Pacific
Research Institute), Marvin Storrow Q.C., Les Vertesi MD (Health Council of Canada),
John Williamson (Canadian Taxpayers Federation). Visit our website: www.cimca.ca
for complete list.
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