health care spending
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Premiers reiterate demand for $28 billion increase in health transfers from OttawaCanada's premiers are reiterating their unanimous demand for the federal government to hike the transfer by $28 billion this year, and by five per cent more each year thereafter.CanadaMar 4, 2021
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EXCLUSIVE: Federal government cuts reimbursements for military health care, hospitals on the hook for millionsThe federal government has quietly rolled back what it pays hospitals to take care of military members.CanadaOct 8, 2019
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Andrew Scheer promises premiers more health care money if electedIn 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.CanadaAug 1, 2019
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Unstable households account for over a third of health care spending in SaskatoonAccording to a new study, over one-third of health care spending in Saskatoon is for high-cost mental health and addiction clients.HealthSep 26, 2018
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Ontario health-care spending not keeping pace with aging population: FAOThe 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.HealthMar 14, 2018
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Alex Pierson: Ontario health care has gone to the dogsThe 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.BlogsDec 12, 2017
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Health spending in Canada to reach $242B this year: reportHealth spending in Canada is expected to reach $6,604 per capita this year.CanadaNov 7, 2017
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Fact check: Is Ottawa cutting $60B in health funding?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.HealthOct 20, 2016
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Feds spent $7M for anti-drug ads last fallHealth Canada spent more advertising funds on the 12-week anti-drug campaign than all its programs and services combined in the previous year.CanadaJan 27, 2015
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