More cash, more accountability: On November 28, 2002 health care commissioner Roy Romanow unveiled a sweeping set of recommendations aimed at fixing Canada's ailing system. But can his report cure health care?
From November 21 to November 28, 2002, cbc.ca, CBC Radio and CBC Television joined forces to present an eight-day long look at health care: A CBC News Inquiry: Problems and Cures. The series was designed to prepare Canadians for the next stage in this crucial debate. It examined the changing nature of health care, Canada compared to the world, who has access, privatization, obstacles to change and who pays. See our story archive.
Reaction from the medical
community by CBC Radio's Greg Rasmussen. [Real
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Hospital workers react to
the report. CBC TV's Maureen Taylor has their
story. [Real
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How does the report affect
the front lines? CBC TV's Ioanna Roumeliotis
has more on what the report said about doctors and nurses.
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ER nurses react:
Newsworld Today's Nancy Wilson talks to Kathy Bates at
Toronto Western and Pam Spearns at Halifax's QE Two hospital.
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Newsworld's Kathleen Petty interviews
Dr. Dana Hanson, president of the Canadian Medical
Association. [Real
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On Sounds Like Canada with Shelagh
Rogers, students and professors discuss the future
of health care after the Romanow Report. [Real
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Home care: Seen as
the wave of the future, what did it get from Romanow's
report? CBC TV's Maureen Taylor reports.
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Pharmacare: CBC TV's
Norma Lee McLeod looks at the report's attempts to deal
with rising drug costs. [Real
Video runs 2:23]
CBC TV's Jo Lynn Sheane reports on
recommendations regarding rural care.
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CBC TV's Brian Stewart examines what
the report says about who should pay.
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Video runs 2:59]
CBC Radio's Chris Brown reports on
past Royal Commissions.
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Health care’s controversial
history: A multimedia timeline with footage from CBC
Radio and Television archives. Launch
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Tommy Douglas' vision:
The former CCF Premier of Saskatchewan and father of medicare
explains his belief in the importance of government-funded
health care. Broadcast July 22, 1962.
From CBC Radio and Television Archives Web site: The Creation of Medicare. Launch
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In 2001, 21.7% of those waiting for
non-emergency surgery and 26.7% of those waiting for
specialist services said the waiting times were not
acceptable.
- Statistics Canada
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A comic's view:
"I asked the government for ten million dollars for
research to write a joke on the health care system in
Canada...they told me the money had already been allotted
to another, much more amusing, health care document." Heidi Foss
The Tell-tale Heart
A dark tale of horror, budget cuts and the fate of health
care, by the acknowledged master of fantasy: Edgar Allan
Romanow. Listen George Westerholm and Christopher Greaves
Best of the Web:
The
Romanoh! A satirical look at the imminent release
of the Romanow Report, in the style of Dr. Seuss. A Flash
animation by ArtsCanada.Launch
Flash Movie
Health care’s controversial history: A multimedia
timeline with footage from CBC Radio and Television archives.
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Sick and Tired:A day in the life of our
health care system: Step in the shoes of the people working
and waiting to get better. By Web One. Launch
Flash Movie
Borderline health care: How the U.S. health care
plan stacks up against our own, by Web One. Launch
Flash Movie
Behind the scenes: Photogallery of a day in the
life of a hospital. Launch
An illustrated view: Canada's editorial cartoonists
on health care reform, by News Online. Launch
Gallery
Betting on health care: Are hospital
lotteries a legitimate way to raise funds? By CBC Radio3.
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