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The Nova Scotia Citizens' Health Care Network is the provincial affiliate to the Canadian Health Coalition.
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Formed in 1996 the Health Network's goal is to stop the privatization of the public health care system, ensure high level of care, and create a forum of people and communities to discuss issues related to health care.
The Health Network is a coalition of local health committees, community groups, organized labour, faith groups and concerned individuals dedicated to protecting, strengthening, and expanding public health care to include services like pharmacare, dental care, long-term care and home care.
The Health Network is political but non-partisan and receives no government funding. Our budget comes strictly from our members.
Time to Enshrine Canada Health Act Principles Provincially
Halifax, NS – 26 years ago today, the Canada Health Act, having been passed unanimously in the House of Commons, was given Royal Assent – protecting Medicare from privatization for a generation.
Today, the Nova Scotia Citizens’ Health Care Network calls for similar all-party support to enshrine the principles of the Canada Health Act in provincial legislation and stop the growth of private, for-profit health care in Nova Scotia.
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Health Network Wants Federal Recommitment to Public Health Care
Halifax, NS – The Nova Scotia Citizens' Health Care Network is encouraged by the government's investment in new Cancer Care facilities in Halifax and Sydney.
“Reducing wait times should be an important priority for government policy,” says Kyle Buott, Provincial Coordinator of the Health Network. “This was made possible by federal government involvement in funding for new equipment; this is the kind of initiative that the provincial government should be pushing the Feds to continue in the Spring budget.”
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Health Care cuts are not a real solution to provincial deficit
Halifax, NS – The Economic Advisory Panel's suggestions cannot be implemented without hospital closures and layoffs, says the Nova Scotia Citizens' Health Care Network.
“Our health care system is already stretched too thin,” says Kyle Buott, Provincial Coordinator of the Health Network. “An attempt to reduce funding will result in ER closures, layoffs and longer wait times.”
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Health Network Outlines Policy Agenda for Spring Session Halifax, NS – The Nova Scotia Citizens’ Health Care Network is calling on all MLAs and political parties to take action to protect and improve public health care in this session of the Legislature. “It is high time that we saw action protecting our public health care system from privatization,” says Kyle Buott, Provincial Coordinator of the Health Network. |
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Public Consultations No Smokescreen for Health Care Cuts
Halifax, NS – The NDP Government's plan to hold public consultations around the province about the state of the economy and the decisions the province faces should not be used to undermine our public healthcare system, says the Nova Scotia Citizens' Health Care Network.
“Whenever there are difficult decisions to be made, especially about social services like health care, it is important that governments engage in a broad, open and transparent process with people on the ground, around the province without predetermining healthcare cuts.” says Kyle Buott, Provincial Coordinator of the Health Network.
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NDP Misses First Opportunity to Reverse Health Care Privatization:
Network Provincial Coordinator to Attend Government Media Conference
Halifax, NS – The NDP has squandered their first opportunity to reverse the previous government's role in promoting private, for-profit health care, says the Nova Scotia Citizens' Health Care Network.
The Telecare service being launched today will be run by a private for-profit company called McKesson Canada. In the last few months of its mandate, the previous Conservative government awarded a contract worth $19.5 million over 3 years to McKesson Canada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the U.S.-based McKesson Corp. The service is expected to handle 100,000 calls per year, resulting in a cost of $65 per call.
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