CMA: Feds need to create action plan on health care
Posted March 1, 2011 7:43 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The Canadian Medical Association says the feds need to create a “Health Care Action Plan.”
It says emergency rooms are overcrowded, five million people are without a family doctor, and many others can’t afford medications.
It’s urging Ottawa to come up with a plan to fix our health care system, much like what they are trying to do with the economy.
The CMA says drastic cuts or a move to private care won’t fix anything, saying we need better co-ordinated care to make the system more effective and sustainable.
Dr. Jeff Turnbull, the president of the CMA says the idea of a health-care plan has so far fallen flat with the feds.
