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B.C. balks at federal health-funding plan
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Jan. 13, 2012
The package includes something the provinces have long asked for: No strings attached. But the money will be distributed on a per capita basis. Ms. Clark now says that formula needs to be age-adjusted to reflect the fact that seniors require more expensive health care… Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has warned that necessary innovations in home care for seniors and other health-care reforms will suffer if the federal government doesn’t help set national standards. Ms. Clark… will seek an agreement with fellow premiers to ask Ottawa for an additional pot of money to direct to health care innovations.
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