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CUPE calls on the federal government to protect, strengthen and expand Medicare through six measures:
- Stable and sufficient funding
- National standards
- A national healthcare associated infections strategy
- New and expanded community health centres
- A national continuing care program
- Pharmacare
Public health care is sustainable – in fact, it costs less and delivers more. Read our fact sheets to learn more.
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CUPE backgrounder on the Health Accord
What is the health accord? What is at risk when it ends in 2014? What do Canadians need in the next accord, and what are CUPE and our allies doing to move us there? These are some of the questions answered in our backgrounder on the health accord.
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Let’s protect, strengthen and expand our public health care system – for all Canadians
CUPE calls on the federal government to protect, strengthen and expand Medicare through six measures: stable and sufficient funding, national standards, a national healthcare associated infections strategy, new and expanded community health centres, a national continuing care program and pharmacare. Public health care is sustainable – in fact, it costs less and delivers more.
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Fact sheet - Expand Medicare: Pharmacare
Canadians need a national pharmacare program to ensure universal access, safe and appropriate prescribing, and value for money. CUPE calls on the federal government to establish a national pharmacare program, and exempt health care from trade agreements, starting with CETA.
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Fact sheet - Expand Medicare: Long-Term Care and Home/Community Care
CUPE calls on the federal government to create a national continuing care program, covering long-term care facilities, home and community care, with dedicated transfers financed from general revenue and tied to Canada Health Act standards, plus minimum staffing and phasing out of for-profit delivery.
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Fact sheet: Public health care costs less, delivers more
Public health care is sustainable – in fact, it’s a far better deal than private for-profit health care. It also gives Canadians better quality and more accountability.
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Protect Medicare: Stable and Sufficient Federal Funding
Provinces and territories need stable and adequate funding from the federal government to protect public health care. CUPE calls on the federal government to negotiate with the provinces and territories a new 10-year Health Accord with stable and adequate funding, including at minimum the 6 per cent escalator.
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Protect Medicare: National Standards
Canadians want equal access to health care, not two-tier care. CUPE calls on the federal government to enforce the Canada Health Act, including the ban on user fees and extra billing, and correct gaps in monitoring and reporting under the Act.
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Strengthen Medicare: Safe Health Care
CUPE calls on the federal government to implement a national strategy to reduce healthcare associated infections, with dedicated funding for microbiological cleaning standards, more in-house cleaning and infection control staff, lower hospital occupancy and mandatory public reporting.
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Strengthen Medicare: Better Frontline Care
Canadians need better access to primary health care. CUPE calls on the federal government to promote access to effective primary health care with funding for new and expanded Community Health Centres.