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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 737472" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100531/hl_nm/us_health_3" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100531/hl_nm/us_health_3</a>Soaring costs force Canada to reassess health model&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; By Claire Sibonney - Analysis&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Claire&nbsp; Sibonney - Analysis&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; –&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Mon May 31,&nbsp; 2:38 pm ET&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; TORONTO (Reuters) –&nbsp; Pressured by an aging population and the need to rein in budget&nbsp; deficits, Canada&#039;s provinces are taking tough measures to curb <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100531/hl_nm/us_health_3#" target="_blank">[COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]healthcare [COLOR=#366388 ! important]costs[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]</a>, a trend that could erode the&nbsp; principles of the popular state-funded system.....a few provinces are also experimenting with <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100531/hl_nm/us_health_3#" target="_blank">[COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]private [COLOR=#366388 ! important]funding[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]</a> for procedures such as hip,&nbsp; knee and cataract surgery.Healthcare in Canada is delivered through a publicly funded system,&nbsp; which covers all &quot;medically necessary&quot; hospital and physician care and&nbsp; curbs the role of private medicine. It ate up about 40 percent of&nbsp; provincial budgets, or some C$183 billion ($174 billion) last yearOntario says healthcare could eat up 70 percent of its budget in 12&nbsp; years</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 737472, member: 12952"] [url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100531/hl_nm/us_health_3[/url] [B]Soaring costs force Canada to reassess health model[/B] By Claire Sibonney - Analysis Claire Sibonney - Analysis – Mon May 31, 2:38 pm ET TORONTO (Reuters) – Pressured by an aging population and the need to rein in budget deficits, Canada's provinces are taking tough measures to curb [URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100531/hl_nm/us_health_3#"][COLOR=#366388][COLOR=#366388 ! important][FONT=arial][COLOR=#366388 ! important][FONT=arial]healthcare [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=arial][COLOR=#366388 ! important][FONT=arial]costs[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL], a trend that could erode the principles of the popular state-funded system. ....a few provinces are also experimenting with [URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100531/hl_nm/us_health_3#"][COLOR=#366388][COLOR=#366388 ! important][FONT=arial][COLOR=#366388 ! important][FONT=arial]private [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=arial][COLOR=#366388 ! important][FONT=arial]funding[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] for procedures such as hip, knee and cataract surgery. Healthcare in Canada is delivered through a publicly funded system, which covers all "medically necessary" hospital and physician care and curbs the role of private medicine. It ate up about 40 percent of provincial budgets, or some C$183 billion ($174 billion) last year Ontario says healthcare could eat up 70 percent of its budget in 12 years [/QUOTE]

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