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2007

August 23 - Top MD to wage war on waiting - The Globe and Mail
August 22 - CMA head touts benefits of private health care - Toronto Sun
August 21 - Find ways to fund home care, prescriptions, MDs say - Vancouver Sun
August 7 - Health Care: The case for two tiers - The Leader Post (Regina)
July 30 - Canadian Medical Association calls for private sector "safety valve"- Canadian Press
July 30 - Expert Roundtable - National Review of Medicine
July 30 - Public, private health care should co-exist, says CMA - The Globe and Mail
July 24 - Canadians sent to US for neonatal care - The Globe and Mail
July 19 - Health care fantasies - The Ottawa Citizen
Summer 2007 - The Ugly Truth about Canadian Health Care - City Journal (New York)
March19 - Ontario's dismissal of privately provided care - The Globe and Mail
March 19 - Suffering for Smitherman - National Post
February - The grass looks greener: Canadians look to private care, U.S.-based medical tourism as alternatives - Employee Benefit News
January - Patient Focused Funding - Vancouver Board of
January 29- Quebec's 'hybrid' medicare - National Post

2006

November 23 - Ankle Deep in Medicare Madness - The Globe and Mail
September13 - Smitherman vs. the Doctors - National Post
September13 - We don't need demagogues - Ottawa Citizen
August18 - Dr. Day is the right tonic to stimulate health care debate - Vancouver Sun
July 29- Forced to study abroad - Vancouver Sun
March 15 - Albertans agree health care system needs change
February 16 - Private care pioneer in line to head CMA: B.C.'s pick for doctors' post says medicare needs fixing, National Post
February 15 - Province will ask citizens to decide the fate of medicare: Throne speech promise comes as private-care backer takes BCMA reins, Vancouver Sun
February 15 - Medicare advocates fear B.C. appears headed down privatization road, Canadian Press Newswire
January/February Status quo--not an option, BC Medical Journal
January 18 - Majority back a blend in health care: 61% favour private, public mixture, survey suggests, National Post
January 13 - Shirley Douglas owes doctor an apology, Vancouver Sun

2005

December 12 - Waiting for Hospital Care, CTV TV transcript
December 9 - CIMCA is featured in an article on the CALU website
December 9 - Private health firm built on tax dollars: Ontario trying to sell shares, National Post
December 8 - The myth of medicare? The Toronto Star
December 5 - Private health care has already left the station. Don't expect the leaders to hop aboard, Globe and Mail
Novemeber 22 - Stop studying wait lists, Medical Post
November 12 - Forum promotes private health care: Speakers claim private clinics would help repair system, but protesters, nurses disagree, Vancouver Sun
November 11 - Senator reiterates that progress must be made soon on reducing wait lists, Canadian Press Newswire
November 9 - It's a realistic medical goal: Let's eliminate waiting lists, not study them, Vancouver Sun
July 27 - Leap into the unknown, The Edmonton Sun
July 27 - Doctors to argue for private health system, Globe and Mail
June 10 - Health Spending Boom, National Post

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Novemeber 12, 2005 - Global TV coverage of Saving Medicare conference (58MB)
Novemeber 12, 2005 - CBC TV coverage of Saving Medicare conference (27MB)
Novemeber 12, 2005 - CFUN Radio, Health Frontiers live on location from the Saving Medicare Health Summit - Part 1 (5MB), Part 2 (15MB), Part 3 (9MB), Part 4 (10MB), Part 5 (7MB)

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