The federal government has quietly rolled back what it pays hospitals to take care of military members.

In a letter to provincial and territorial premiers, Scheer says he wants to put the commitment in writing because he anticipates his opponents will misrepresent his position on health care funding.

According to a new study, over one-third of health care spending in Saskatoon is for high-cost mental health and addiction clients.

The Financial Accountability Office says that even with an additional $6.9 billion of planned health spending over the next three years, the province is not keeping up.

The provincial government, which is desperate to turn the page on shameful health headlines, says it is investing $1.3 billion over three years to reduce times. But the backlog is so long and specialists too few it will barely make a ripple.

Health spending in Canada is expected to reach $6,604 per capita this year.

Ever since former federal Conservative finance minister Jim Flaherty announced to his shocked provincial counterparts in 2011 that Ottawa would be unilaterally imposing a new formula for the Canada Health Transfer in 2017, there have been cries about looming federal "cuts" to health funding.

Health Canada spent more advertising funds on the 12-week anti-drug campaign than all its programs and services combined in the previous year.