Health Spending
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B.C. budget: Billions earmarked for health care, addictions treatmentMore than $2.3 billion of that money will come this year, and see health spending in B.C. grow to $28.6 billion, more than a third of the entire provincial budget.PoliticsFeb 28, 2023
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As Ottawa plans to hike health funding, families say system doesn’t learn from errorsAfter Ottawa said it would spend $46 billion on the country's health-care system, some say Canada's patchwork of quality-reviews systems need deep reforms.HealthFeb 9, 2023
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Health spending slowing across Canada after COVID-19-related jumps, report saysHealth-care spending in Canada is slowing drastically after seeing massive jumps during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report.HealthNov 3, 2022
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O’Toole promises to increase health transfers — but bulk of money won’t come for yearsThe Conservatives promise $60 billion more in provincial health transfers, but under their plan, most of it won't arrive until the latter half of the decade.HealthSep 8, 2021
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Alberta budget 2021 targets health cost savings after COVID-19 pandemicThe Alberta budget 2021 clearly states: "future savings initiatives will be considered once mass vaccination has been achieved."HealthFeb 25, 2021
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Notley upset that important health services for women ‘deemed unnecessary’ in AHS reviewThe official Opposition leader is firing back at the province's United Conservative government after its review of Alberta Health Services suggests some procedures, including tubal ligation and breast reduction, have "limited clinical value."HealthFeb 7, 2020
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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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Ontario doctors’ contract to increase health spending by $1.5B: watchdogLast month's arbitration ruling put no hard cap on increases in the physician services budget, which the government had urged.PoliticsMar 6, 2019
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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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Nova Scotia fall budget ups health spending by $6.2 millionThe increase in health spending represents a 0.15 per cent boost in the health care budget.CanadaSep 26, 2017
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