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Inside the Chaoulli ruling: A CUPE backgrounder

A comprehensive look at the arguments and evidence in the Chaoulli Supreme Court ruling on private health insurance. This backgrounder is a primer on why the ruling isn't a licence to privatize public health care. This is the complete document; component sections can be downloaded separately, below.

Inside the Chaoulli ruling: A CUPE backgrounder

Sep 1, 2005 09:52 AM A comprehensive look at the arguments and evidence in the Chaoulli Supreme Court ruling on private health insurance. This backgrounder is a primer on why the ruling isn't a licence to privatize public health care. This is the complete document; component sections can be downloaded separately, below.

Inside the Chaoulli ruling (Section One): What the Court did (and did not) say

Sep 12, 2005 11:18 AM An in-depth look at the ruling, including the dissenting judges' judgment.

Inside the Chaoulli ruling (Section Two): Assessing the international evidence

Aug 26, 2005 01:05 PM An overview of international experiences with health care privatization and private health insurance.

Inside the Chaoulli ruling (Section Three): Real solutions for shorter wait lists

Aug 31, 2005 02:02 PM An examination of why privatization won't shorten wait times, and public solutions that will.

Inside the Chaoulli ruling (Section Four): Trade dangers of privatization

Aug 26, 2005 01:10 PM The facts on how international trade deals make health care privatization, including private insurance for publicly-insured services, doubly dangerous for medicare.

Inside the Chaoulli ruling (Section Five): The role of drugs in rising health costs

Aug 26, 2005 01:17 PM A look at the fastest-growing costs in health care, pharmaceuticals.

Inside the Chaoulli ruling (Section Six): Taking action

Aug 26, 2005 01:23 PM The facts on what provincial and federal governments must do to strengthen public health care in the wake of the Chaoulli Supreme Court ruling on private health insurance.