Tag Archives: Medical savings account

The phoney MSA debate

November 28, 2002Health care allowances, HealthcareCanada, Consumer Policy Institute, Lawrence Solomon, Medical savings account, TorontoLawrence Solomon

The debate over medical savings accounts (MSAs) – the proposal to have government give each Canadian an annual health allowance to cover routine health needs – has largely been fought on economic grounds. Continue reading The phoney MSA debate →

Medical savings accounts would benefit all Canadians

February 12, 2002Health care allowances, HealthcareCanada, Canadians, Consumer Policy Institute, Medical savings account, Roy RomanowLawrence Solomon

Roy Romanow, Canada’s one-man health commission, believes that the poor need good health care and that any reform of Canada’s health care system must provide it to them.

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Medicare debit cards

January 15, 2002Health care allowances, HealthcareCanada, Health maintenance organization, Medical savings account, Ralph Klein, TorontoLawrence Solomon

Next Thursday, on Jan. 24, all of Canada’s premiers will gather together in Vancouver to act upon what the pacesetter among them, Alberta’s Ralph Klein, will have decided on Wednesday, Jan. 23 about the future of medicare. Continue reading Medicare debit cards →