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Save
Public Medicare!
North Bay & District Health Coalition Press Release
For Immediate Release -- Attn: Assignment Editor
March 5, 2002
North
Bay & District Joins Nation-wide Campaign to Save Medicare
North Bay
- The North Bay & District Health Coalition kicked off an important
campaign to save Medicare. Spokespeople announced that the North
Bay & District Health Coalition will conduct a door-to-door
canvass to talk to neighbours and community members about public
Medicare.
"This is
the number one public issue in our community and in communities
across the country", stated Dawson Pratt, co-chair/spokesperson
for the North Bay & District Health Coalition. "We will
be making an appeal to our friends and neighbours to protect and
extend quality public Medicare so it will be there for the next
generation."
The campaign
will take place as Roy Romanow, chair of the Commission on the Future
of Public Health Care in Canada is travelling across the country
to conduct public hearings. Organizers hope to send a clear message
to Mr. Romanow and provincial and federal politicians that the principles
of the Canada Health Act should guide and form a revitalized public
Medicare system in Canada.
"We want
to tell Mr. Romanow, Bob Wood and Mike Harris, that public health
care belongs to Canadians, not to politicians. Our health system
is for the people in our communities, not fodder for turf wars or
ideology.", added Barbara Anello, co-chair of the North Bay
Network for Social Action. "Medicare should be about patients,
not profit."
Organizers announced
that North Bay will be joining cities across Ontario in a door-to-door
campaign that will start on April 24. It will conclude with a National
Medicare Day on May 15.
For more information:
Dawson Pratt:
tel: 474-7601 ext 5213 (w)
497-9434 (h)
fax: 495-8932 email: prattd@sympatico.ca
Barbara
Anello:
tel: 494-9078
fax: 494-9177 email: banello@sympatico.ca
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Join
the Campaign to Save Medicare
The
campaign against Medicare is moving
into full swing...
In the face of new threats to Medicare from the Mazankowski Report,
the Kirby Commission and statements by Ernie Eves and other Tory
leadership hopefuls, local meetings are being organized around the
province to plan an urgent and unprecedented Campaign to Save Medicare.
Get
Involved in the Campaign and meetings in your area!
- You've
seen the Alberta government calling for the privatization of health
care.
- You've
seen Senator Michael Kirby calling for private health care.
- You've
seen the provincial conservative leadership contenders calling
for the end of Medicare, user fees, rationing, OHIP premiums.
- You've
lived through years of cuts, layoffs, rationing, restructuring,
privatization, destruction.
Let's
use our strength!
No matter who
does the poll the answer is still the same. The overwhelming majority
of Ontarians and Canadians support quality one-tier Medicare. And
we still support it...despite millions of dollars and relentless
campaigns to make us think otherwise.
The
times are critical -- let's make sure that those who want to protect
and promote public Medicare are heard.
The facts are
on our side. Evidence from all over the world is that private, for-profit
health care is bad for people and costs more for everyone.
Essential
Information
"Dip
and Skip" A
Supplement to the June 2001 Report on Homecare Reform in Ontario:
A special report from the Ontario Health Coalition updating the
worsening crisis in homecare throughout the province. A special
report from the OHC updating the worsening crisis in homecare throughout
the province. Download
the document as a Rich Text Format (RTF) file
ROMANOW
COMMISSION:
The Romanow Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada has
invited submissions from organizations. We strongly encourage organizations
and individuals to send in a submission or a letter. We also encourage
parties to review the Ontario Health Coalition's submission to the
Romanow Commission.
View
guidelines and notes for submissions to the Romanow Commission
Download
guidelines for submissions (RTF format)
View
the OHC's submission to the Romanow Commission online
Download OHC's
submission to the Romanow Commission (RTF format)
SECRETS IN THE HOUSE: Homecare Reform in Ontario, 1997-2000
OHC's
report on homecare reform issued June 2001
Report from Long Term Care Forums: During February
and March 2001, the Ontario Health Coalition held hearings across
Ontario on the government's proposed changes to Long Term and Home
Care in Ontario. This is a detailed report of those hearings.
Download as an MS WORD file.
Why NOT Privatize? OHC's fact sheet
on privatization
View as an HTML file
Download
as an MS WORD file
Health
Care Spending: THE FACTS
View
as an HTML file
Download
as an MS WORD file.
OHC's Primary
Care Position Paper
View
as an HTML file
OHC's Guide to the New Long Term
Care Act
View
as an HTML file
OHC's
Guide to Party Platforms for the 2000 Federal Election
View
as an HTML file
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