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Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Canada Health Act
From the Canada Health Act Website, one of the five pillars of the healt act is portability:
portability: coverage for insured services must be maintained when an insured person moves or travels within Canada or travels outside the country
However, in blatant violation of the act Quebec does not honour portability within Canada (page 58):
The costs of medical services incurred in another province or a territory of Canada are reimbursed at the amount actually paid or the rate that would have been paid by the Régie for such services in Quebec, whichever is less.
Quoth Paul Martin today:
"If any premier, in the case of doing reforms, violates the Canada Health Act, we will . . . do whatever is required to ensure the Canada Health Act is lived up to. You can take that to the bank," Martin said to applause during a speech.You have had many years to address this, oh great defender of medicare. If you actually want to defend the Canada Health Act you should be confronting the real violations of Quebec, not imaginary ones in Alberta.
Posted by Kevin Jaeger on June 23, 2004 in Canadian Politics | Permalink
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Excellent point. I shall just sit here and hold my breath until the Liberals decide to take it on. (Turning blue now.)
Posted by: Ghost of a flea | 2004-06-23 2:50:57 PM
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