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- TOO MANY, TOO FAST, TOO MUCH
- Much of the fat in Canada's health care system is blamed on a glut
- of doctors practising the crude phenomenon of ``revolving door
- medicine'' Statistics support the accusation in dramatic fashion, but
- some tough solutions are available. 1,575 words.
- By SHARON KIRKEY Ottawa Citizen <06health>
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- TAKE TWO MINUTES AND DON'T CALL ME IN THE MORNING
- When health care is free, British politician Enoch Powell once
- said, there is virtually no limit to what people will absorb.
- Across Canada, people are proving him right. Between 1971 and 1985,
- the average Canadian increased their use of doctors and hospitals
- by a whopping 68 per cent. But unless individual consumers of
- health care learn to curb their expectations voluntarily, stress on
- the system will dictate more drastic action. 1,125 words.
- By SUZANNE MORRISON Hamilton Spectator <08health>
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- THE CHROMIUM CAGE
- Every year, Canadians spend billions of dollars on medical
- equipment, procedures and drugs that have never been fully
- evaluated. Health experts say no single factor is more responsible
- for driving up health care costs. There may also be a penalty for
- health. 1,200 words.
- By ELLEN van WAGENINGEN Windsor Star <10health>
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