Health Care Spending
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Health-care spending returns to smaller ‘pre-COVID growth rates’: CIHI reportA new CIHI report predicts that the country will spend 2.8 per cent more on health care in 2023 than last year, but the total is still an overall downwards trend.HealthNov 2, 2023
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Manitoba election: PCs on track to underspend $1B on health care, NDP critic saysNDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara claims the Progressive Conservative government has, since coming into power in 2016, underspent on the health-care budget by millions.PoliticsAug 14, 2023
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Nova Scotia Tories table second deficit budget aimed at fixing health careRepairing Nova Scotia's faltering health-care system is the centrepiece of the provincial government's $14.4 billion budget tabled today.CanadaMar 23, 2023
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Feds eye bilateral health deals as Trudeau set to meet with premiers Feb. 7Trudeau said he has invited the premiers to a “working meeting” on Feb. 7 in Ottawa to share the federal government’s plans to support the health-care systems across Canada.CanadaJan 25, 2023
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Canada health-care spending growth expected to stall after COVID surge: reportThe total health spending in Canada is still expected to rise by 0.8 per cent this year, however that's much lower than the 7.6 per cent increase seen in 2021.HealthNov 3, 2022
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Trudeau says Ottawa wants to make sure health spending delivers ‘tangible results’Ottawa wants to ensure dollars transferred to provinces and territories for health care will deliver "tangible results for Canadians," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.CanadaJul 13, 2022
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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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