December 5, 2008
Pharma Reps Meet in Secret, Craft New Drug Approval Process
Campbell government hosted closed meetings.
The Tyee.ca
Published: December 1, 2008
The British Columbia Health Ministry hosted a second closed-door meeting on Friday for "stakeholders" -- mainly representatives of big pharmaceutical companies -- wanting to make changes to the province's drug approval process.
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Private Clinics
Patients to sue B.C government over allegations of doctors' extra billing
The Canadian Press
Published: December 4, 2008
VANCOUVER, B.C. - The B.C. government has failed to enforce its own laws that ban doctors from billing both patients and the public health-care system, say a group of patients who have launched a lawsuit against the province.
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Seniors
Senior care drastically underfunded, agency says
Vancouver Sun
Published: November 26, 2008
VICTORIA -- Residential care facilities for B.C.'s senior citizens are critically underfunded, the association representing those facilities said Tuesday as it called for an additional $81 million a year just to increase staffing.
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National
Canadian Health Coalition renews call for national pharmacare program
Charlottetown Guardian
Published: December 3, 2008
Islanders are playing a prominent role in the Canadian Health Coalition’s renewed call Tuesday for a national pharmacare program, both as advocates for a new program and as sad examples of the many who are being failed by the current system.
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Op/Ed
Fight poverty to improve economic and social health
Canada's inequality and poverty rates are among the highest in the developed world
By Roy Romanow. Toronto Star
Published: December 2, 2008
The loud bang of the global economic crisis has drowned out the quieter sounds of many other pressing and related concerns.
As governments search for solutions to shore up our economic health in the short term, they must resist the temptation to put all other issues on the back-burner. The choices are very difficult and painful. I know, I've been there. But we need to think long-term, not just short-term
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U.S.
Studies say private medicare plans have added costs, for little gain
NY Times
Published: November 24, 2008
WASHINGTON — Private health insurance plans, which serve nearly a fourth of all Medicare beneficiaries, have increased the cost and complexity of the program without any evidence of improving care, researchers say in studies to be published Monday.
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U.K.
Patients going 'private' on NHS
BBC News Online
Published: December 2, 2008
Thousands of patients a month in England are using a government reform to get what is effectively private treatment paid for by the taxpayer.
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