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Doctors Nova Scotia president Dr. Colin Audain, said virtual care, as provided by the province’s agreement with Maple, is a bit of a ‘Band-Aid solution.’

All part of a multi-year transition estimated to cost $85 million, if passed, the bill will take effect in June.

The class action was launched against LifeLabs after a 2019 data breach allowed hackers to access the personal information of up to 15 million customers.

These are numbers, the Canadian Press says, the Ontario government tried to keep secret.

Pharmacare models seem to entail piecemeal expansion of drug coverage following separate negotiations with each province. I believe this approach risks incorporating several negative aspects of the complex and unequal U.S. health insurance system.

Some provinces already pay for mammograms starting at age 40.

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Michele Campeau and her 83-year-old mother, Ruth Poupard, are caught up in a relatively new law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into nursing homes not of their choosing.