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Skyrocketing drug costs. New technology. Home care. The way we receive and deliver care is changing. On Nov. 28, Health Care Commissioner Roy Romanow presented his prescription for health care reform. During the week before the release cbc.ca, CBC Radio and CBC Television examined the main issues: the changing nature of health care, Canada compared to the world, who has access, privatization, obstacles to change and who pays.

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	Health care’s controversial history: A multimedia timeline with footage from CBC Radio and Television archives. Launch Flash Movie
	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
	The Romanow Commission: a backgrounder by News Online. Launch
	The Kirby health care report: a backgrounder by News Online. Launch
	Romanow defends publicly funded health care in his final speech before the report is released, Nov. 20, 2002. Christina Lawand reports for CBC TV. [Real Video runs 2:10] Susan Lunn reports for CBC Radio [Real Audio runs 1:42]
	Canada spends more on pharmaceuticals than any other aspect of medicare. Still, 600,000 Canadians don't have prescription drug plans. CBC Radio's Pauline Dakin reports for World Report on some who will be looking for relief in the Romanow report. [Real Audio runs 1:40] Norma Lee MacLeod reports for CBC TV News. [Real Video runs 2:29]
	On CBC Radio's The Current, host Anna Maria Tremonti talks to reporter Pauline Dakin about pharmacare costs. [Real Audio runs 8:55]
	Dr. Marcus Welby's New Face: The future of primary care. The family doctor in transition. From CBC Radio's Sounds Like Canada [Real Audio runs 19:57]
	Would you rather be stuck in a hospital or would you rather be at home where the medical professionals come to you? Pauline Dakin explains how homecare provides new pressures and new opportunities for the health care system. On CBC Radio One The World at Six. [Real Audio runs 5:16]
	Home care Heartbreak: On CBC TV's The National, Maureen Taylor looks at three home care stories that raise questions about how much we can afford to provide. [Real Video runs 10:12]
	Electronic patient records: Susan Ormiston explains how this new technology may help change the delivery of health care. On CBC TV's The National. [Real Video runs 2:37]

	Medicare becomes Canadian law: CBC reporters spread out across Canada to assess how ready the country is for the introduction of national medicare. Broadcast Date: Dec. 26, 1967. From CBC Radio and Television Archives Web site: The Creation of Medicare. Launch Video [Runs 5:03]

13% of Canadians reported perceived unmet health care needs in 2001/2002, up from 6% in 1998/1999. Of these, half said that their reasons for not getting care related to availability of care, including long wait times.
- Health Care in Canada 2000, Canadian Institute for Health
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THU. NOV. 21:
THE CHANGING NATURE OF HEALTH CARE
FRI. NOV. 22:
CANADA AND THE WORLD
SAT. NOV. 23:
WHO HAS ACCESS?
SUN. NOV. 24:
WHO HAS ACCESS?
MON. NOV. 25:
PRIVATE VS. PUBLIC
TUES. NOV. 26:
OBSTACLES TO CHANGE
WED. NOV. 27:
WHO PAYS?
THURS. NOV. 28:
ROMANOW REPORT RELEASE


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