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- HEALTH CARE AND POVERTY
- In the 1960s, Saskatchewan passed Canada's first medicare bill,
- setting off a chain reaction that led to a national system of
- universal health care considered one of the best in the world. But
- while the poor are no longer dependent on chance and charity for
- decent medical attention, universal health care has not resulted in
- universal health. 1,000 words.
- By SHARON KIRKEY and JOAN RAMSAY Southam News <28health>
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- NORTHERN CARE
- Residents of the Northwest Territories have the most abysmal health
- record in Canada, ranking first or second in all leading causes of
- death except heart disease and constantly battling tuberculosis,
- meningitis and other inflictions more commonly associated with
- developing nations. The solution isn't more doctors, nurses and
- hospitals. It's housing. 950 words.
- By LAURIE SARKADI Edmonton Journal <29health>
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- THE GREYING OF HEALTH CARE
- Often called the retirement capital of Canada, the city of Victoria
- is wrestling with a problem the rest of country will soon share _
- how to care for an increasingly elderly population without going
- broke. It thinks it has the answer. 1,050 words.
- By ANNE MULLENS Vancouver Sun <30health>
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