The Canadian Medical Association recommends that the federal government establish a medical assistance fund to enable people residing in Canada who have no medical coverage to receive critical emergency medical care
The Canadian Medical Association recommends that the federal government establish a medical assistance fund to enable people residing in Canada who have no medical coverage to receive critical emergency medical care
The Canadian Medical Association calls for the development and implementation of supports for women who must leave their home communities to give birth.
The Canadian Medical Association calls for the development and implementation of supports for women who must leave their home communities to give birth.
The Canadian Medical Association will seek a current-state assessment of the federal government’s preparedness for national health emergencies with respect to mechanisms for providing timely knowledge translation of public health directives for clinicians and increased surveillance by physicians and health officials.
The Canadian Medical Association will seek a current-state assessment of the federal government’s preparedness for national health emergencies with respect to mechanisms for providing timely knowledge translation of public health directives for clinicians and increased surveillance by physicians and health officials.
The Canadian Medical Association will develop policy tools that provide criteria for identifying barriers to quality, efficiency and equity in emerging models of health care delivery.
The Canadian Medical Association will develop policy tools that provide criteria for identifying barriers to quality, efficiency and equity in emerging models of health care delivery.
The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of a framework for shared health system leadership involving physicians, hospital administrators and other stakeholders.
The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of a framework for shared health system leadership involving physicians, hospital administrators and other stakeholders.
The Canadian Medical Association insists on the necessity for governments not to renege on freely negotiated and signed agreements by using legislative measures.
The Canadian Medical Association insists on the necessity for governments not to renege on freely negotiated and signed agreements by using legislative measures.
That Canadian Medical Association seek assurance from the federal minister of health and the minister of Indian affairs and northern development that early, ongoing and meaningful discussions with all relevant stakeholders will take place, with a view to ensuring that revisions to the Indian Act do not infringe on the health and privacy of health information of aboriginal peoples in Canada.
That Canadian Medical Association seek assurance from the federal minister of health and the minister of Indian affairs and northern development that early, ongoing and meaningful discussions with all relevant stakeholders will take place, with a view to ensuring that revisions to the Indian Act do not infringe on the health and privacy of health information of aboriginal peoples in Canada.
That Canadian Medical Association recommend to the federal, provincial and territorial governments that they should immediately review the creation of tax-related programs that will help patients offset the ever-increasing out-of-pocket cost of health care services, which should include:
1. an increase in the currently allowable medical tax credit, and
2. a health savings plan similar to the RRSP program for application to anticipated future expenses such as long-term care, home care and pharmacological expenses.
That Canadian Medical Association recommend to the federal, provincial and territorial governments that they should immediately review the creation of tax-related programs that will help patients offset the ever-increasing out-of-pocket cost of health care services, which should include:
1. an increase in the currently allowable medical tax credit, and
2. a health savings plan similar to the RRSP program for application to anticipated future expenses such as long-term care, home care and pharmacological expenses.
That Canadian Medical Association support in principle the concept of, and the development of models of care involving primary care physicians and primary care practitioners, which is not the replacement of physician services by other health care practitioners, but rather an enhanced model of health delivery in primary care.
That Canadian Medical Association support in principle the concept of, and the development of models of care involving primary care physicians and primary care practitioners, which is not the replacement of physician services by other health care practitioners, but rather an enhanced model of health delivery in primary care.
That access to quality health care must be available to all Canadians, in a manner consistent with provincial/territorial human rights legislation and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
That access to quality health care must be available to all Canadians, in a manner consistent with provincial/territorial human rights legislation and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
