ProActive Rants: Care rationing-What happens when there is no more money for public health care?

ProActive Rants: Care rationing-What happens when there is no more money for public health care?

Here is the bleak future -if we hit the spending wall

Douglas MD daily dose highlights

What I talked about in the Daily Dose this week...

Hospital med worsens psychosis
Some of the worst "care" you'll ever see takes place in hospitals every day, where mainstream medicine kills more people than it ever saves. Researchers have found that a drug commonly given off-label to intensive care patients who suffer from delirium actually makes the condition worse, and might even kill them to boot.
Read the full story.

'Twinkie Diet' will kill you
Want to be healthy by mainstream standards? Just reach for a box of Twinkies.
Read the full story.

Researchers warn against red yeast rice
Offer a safe and inexpensive alternative to a risky and expensive drug, and watch how fast they beat down your door. Just look at the latest study on red yeast rice.
Read the full story.

Gardasil down, but not out
Teenage girls and their parents aren't as dumb as Big Pharma thinks -- because a new study finds they're saying "NO!" to the dangerous public health experiment known as Gardasil.
Read the full story.

The potato diet publicity stunt
A publicity-hungry potato industry bigwig is out to prove that spuds are health food -- and to make his point, that's all he's eating for two starchy months. But this is a lose-lose proposition.
Read the full story.

Garlic for your blood pressure?
Garlic might not keep any vampires away from your blood, but it could help shut your doctor up about your blood pressure.
Read the full story.

Common drugs increase risk of stroke and death
Reasons #47 and #48 to avoid antidepressants: They increase your risk of stroke and death.
Read the full story.

Booze helps women live better
My two favorite W's have always been women and wine -- and they go together like, well, women and wine. It's a perfect pairing... and two new studies found that women who drink don't just live longer -- they're also much healthier when they do reach old age.
Read the full story.

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How did we do and how can we improve it your ideas are welcome

Remember the world before you came to make a difference?

How would you make a difference now in our community?

A great review of the challenges facing Health Care

Globe and Mail Health care report 

it is broken but it can be fixed  

How would you fix it ? We will hit the spending wall as the costs double every 10 years.

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A call to action for Brantford

Subject: A call to action for Brantford

To: the BRANTFORD ECONOMIC INITIATIVE <the-brantford-economic-initiative@googlegroups.com>


A community call to action for Brantford, Brant and Six Nations
"We have to do more then water the flowers –we need to plant a vibrant
garden with the help of many good people"


As the many good people who did not win the race for official
government office take down their election signs, action plans and
better vision platforms, please remember that your community needs you
in many capacities. You have spent months getting real face to face
input and grassroots feedback from the people of your community. You
are now an real expert on what the people want, what the people do not
want and you have their pulse and the many ideas of what they think
should be done to better their community..

There are many issues that must be addressed to grow our community
successfully with your help. Individually or together we can make a
difference. I am sharing some current challenges gleaned from my
"boots walking" people survey . Here are some of the things that I
heard and learned from the people .

"Energy costs are rising to hurtful levels " … "Many costs of living
are rising  here"

This is a issue that is going to get hot in the cold of winter -
particularly for those who use electrical heat and the costs escalate
to unaffordable "shut off "levels. What are we going to do to help
these people-that is the question?  Some issues that are of interest
•       An upload to the the provincial and federal govt- can the home
energy sector be made exempt from the HST  ? What actions or
considerations will make this possible?  There are citizen groups
starting to promote this " Influencing actions at the federal and
provincial level on utility bills like hydro, water and other
municipal intergovernmental issues"
•       Predatory pricing practices of local utilities -such as connect and
disconnect charges - excessive interest and service charges hidden and
new profit centres to subsidize cost centres? - What to do to
remediate this or remedies on an exception basis?
•       Consolidation of local utilities - there is one energy supplier -why
do we need multiple energy distributors - what happened to the
consolidation strategy - to reduce the number of overheads of the many
local energy distributors?

Why are the bad investment decisions of the past absorbed or
subsidized by the utility user?   This is a monopoly pricing situation
over which they -the user have no control. Should these bad decisions
not come out of the general account?

A further sampling of my boots survey    Voter comments

"Taxes and fees are out of control and we are not getting much for the
increased costs"." How are we going to pay for it?" "How are we going
to get high paying jobs here? "I just lost my job after many years and
now work for a temp agency-I have no choice and hate it." "There is a
drug house in the neighbourhood, I am afraid and the police can do
nothing about it. "  " I moved from Toronto and commute every day –my
taxes are higher here-can you improve transportation to make it easier
to get to my work- a Go Station would be nice " " I live here, but the
large company that I run is in Cambridge –would have built it here –
but the City administration reneged on a major promise " "What do
those people who work for the city really do for the big money we pay
them –I work harder for less money ?" " This development plan for  80
heactres is owned by the city and could support 500 houses -we have
been working at it for 5 years – this part of the public consultation
has cost $200,000  , and it is going on for longer to make sure we
have proper input-what is your opinion?" "Why does everything take so
long to get approvals to do my projects- it is easier and faster in
other cities?" Why can we not get along with our neighbours and work
with them better –losing 350 jobs because of disputes is childish and
stupid "   " Why is city garbage piled up next to my house –it stinks –
the city owns the rental complex –I have complained but nobody helps
me or cares" . "Why does it take a city truck , with  a crew take  two
days to paint a park bench" "Why do we have so many empty city owned
buildings  seems like a waste to me – should we sell them to someone
who cares" 'Great plan but I have heard this before  can you deliver
on the promise –action is really better then words –show me how I can
help get it done " "You are the first person who asked me –thank you
for asking  "

The need for change

These questions and public comments from the people indicate that we
must change how we do things in this city and area- in the future
-.for the better . It is a call to action to do things that deliver
positive outcomes. It is a challenge to the new council to deliver
results , it is a challenge to business to grow jobs , it is a
challenge to all existing and new volunteer groups to add real value ,
it is a challenge to all individuals and groups to care how things are
done  in this community .  It is our city, our community and we get
what we put in.


I thank the people of Brantford for the opportunity to listen to your
very real concerns. It is a call to action that I accept as a
community volunteer and business person . I wish the new council every
success and sincerely hope all other candidates -not chosen for
council- will continue to support this community with their energy,
plans and ideas. Together we can make this an even better place to
live and prosper.


Thank you, people its been an exhilarating march  and new self
motivating leadership ride

Sieg  Holle BS MBA
www.siegholleward1.com

Moving forward with new energy and ideas –please join me
Brantford Economic Initiative   BEi

In progress - Brant Positve Action Group  and comming soon
If they can not do it –we can as citizens – all ideas and community action plans welcome

Join the Brant tea party -can we duplicate the success of the USA tea party group
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FYI -Interesting facts on crime -prevention costs are more effective

Murder costs society -- about $17 million
AMES, Iowa (UPI) -- Murder has a human cost, of course, but U.S. sociologists say there's a financial cost as well -- about $17 million per murder.

Researchers at Iowa State University calculated the costs of five crimes -- murder, rape, armed robbery, aggravated assault and burglary -- in terms of the victim costs, criminal justice system costs, lost productivity estimates for both the victim and the criminal, and estimates on the public's resulting willingness to pay to prevent future violence, a university release says.

They calculated the societal cost of rape ($448,532), armed robbery ($335,733), aggravated assault ($145,379) and burglary ($41,288).

While research attaching cost estimates to heinous crimes may appear a bit cold in nature, one researcher says it's actually conducted with prevention in mind.

"This area of research has really been run with prevention researchers," Matt DeLisi, an ISU associate professor of sociology and director of the criminal justice program, said.

"That's because what they find is that even if a prevention program is very expensive -- and most of them are actually shockingly inexpensive -- they're still more cost effective than allowing these careers to unfold."

The study was published in the August 2010 edition of The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology.

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Fwd: Bill C-308 Defeated – But EI Tax Hikes Still Coming

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Subject: Bill C-308 Defeated – But EI Tax Hikes Still Coming
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Dear Supporter:

Earlier this week we asked you to join us in urging Liberal Leader
[1]Michael Ignatieff and his finance critic [2]Scott Brison to vote NO on
the Bloc Québécois' sponsored Bill C-308. We're happy to report the Bill was
voted down 147 to 124 in House of Commons yesterday afternoon.
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That bill, which sought to reduce qualification for EI to just 360 hours
worked, would have added upwards of $4-billion to the program and
potentially raised premiums as much as 24%. According to the [3]Globe and
Mail, Mr. Ignatieff changed his earlier position in support of the bill
under pressure from groups like the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
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However, we're not out of the woods yet.

EI rates were already set to rise 15 ¢ (per $100 of earnings) January 1^st.
Earlier today [4]Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced the EI _increase_
would be "reduced" to 5 ¢ per $100 of earnings for employees and 7 ¢ per
$100 of earnings for employers.
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The CTF takes the position that _any_ increase in taxes avoids the more
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We commend [5]Mr. Ignatieff for recognizing how irresponsible [6]Bill
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recovery. Now it's up to both leaders to reform EI.
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A Man's Private Concerns

A Man's Private Concerns



Useful read ED

male baby difference

Study: Nutrition in infancy affects males
EVANSTON, Ill. (UPI) -- Males who experience rapid weight gain in the first six months of life reach puberty sooner and are taller and more muscular, a study suggests.

A Northwestern University study of men in the Philippines found adult males who had rapid growth as babies -- indicating they were not nutritionally stressed -- grow up stronger and show higher testosterone levels as young adults, a university release said Monday.

Testosterone may hold the key to understanding these long-term effects, researchers say.

"Most people are unaware that male infants in the first six months of life produce testosterone at approximately the same level as an adult male," Christopher W. Kuzawa, associate professor of anthropology and author of the study, said. "We looked at weight gain during this particular window of early life development, because testosterone is very high at this age and helps shape the differences between males and females."

The study is evidence that genes alone do not predict our adult fate, researchers say.

"The environment has a very strong hand in how we turn out," Kuzawa said. "And this study extends that idea to the realm of sex differences and male biology."

The magnitude of difference in height and strength between men and women appears to be the result of nutrition within the first six months of an infant male's life, the study determined.

"Another way to look at it is that the differences between the sexes are not hard wired, but are responsive to the environment, and in particular to nutrition," Kuzawa said.

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Brant-Knights of Columbus: Health-care system is on life support - Chatham Daily News - Ontario, CA

Brant-Knights of Columbus: Health-care system is on life support - Chatham Daily News - Ontario, CA



Vindication ? We can't cure the patient, folks, until we cut out the rot.

Signs that an Aging Loved One Needs Help

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September 2010 | A Resource for Those Who Care About Seniors Look for Signs that a Senior Loved One Needs Help The signs that a senior loved one needs help can be subtle: spoiled food in the refrigerator, dust on the furniture, spills on floors and carpets, and piles of late bills or old newspapers. The failure to tune into those signs can lead to not-so-subtle problems such as falls and health issues that threaten an older adult's ability to remain at home. "Focusing on what is going on in a senior's life as well as encouraging that individual to be open to the need for elder-care assistance is the first step toward ensuring that a loved one is safe," said Paul Hogan, Co-founder and Chairman of the Home Instead Senior Care® network. Here are other signs to watch for: Look over the grocery list. Has your loved one's declining health prompted them to purchase more convenience and junk foods, and neglect proper nutrition? Are they losing weight? Look up at fans and ceilings. Has the inability to lift their arms and climb stepstools prevented your senior loved one from cleaning soot and grime from high places? Look down at frayed carpets, throw rugs, objects and furniture, which could be creating tripping hazards. Does your senior loved one's bad knee put them at greater risk on cracked sidewalks and with broken stair rails? Look below bathroom and kitchen sinks. Is poor eyesight making it difficult for your senior loved one to read medication labels and to properly store cleaning materials? Are they forgetting to refill medications and to take them on schedule? Check the refill date against the number of pills in the bottle to help determine if your loved one is taking medication regularly. Or call the pharmacy. Look at your senior's appearance. Is clothing dirty and unkempt, and is your loved one neglecting personal hygiene?  Tap into community resources to learn how to assist your parents if they are starting to need more help at home. Geriatric care managers and Area Agencies on Aging are good places to start. Or go to the family caregiver education series topic signs of aging at www.CaregiverStress.com.

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Loneliness -a killer

 Overcoming Loneliness, Part I

"The LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.'"1

"I'm all alone in the universe. No one really knows me. No one really cares. God—if there is one—is far away. He got tired of the world and moved away. I looked in the mirror today and saw the real me—one hideous scar, an open sore. I'm going to sleep."

These were the words of a brilliant student at a large, well-known university. He was one of the most promising students there. He was exceptionally gifted, handsome, athletic, and popular, and he was headed for an outstanding career in medicine. In spite of all this, he was still a very lonely young man. After writing the above note, he injected poison into his veins and died.

Loneliness, like depression, is one of the plagues of contemporary society. Few escape it altogether. In its chronic form it is a killer. When we were still printing ACTS Encounter brochures, "Overcoming Loneliness," from which this series is taken, was one of the most requested pamphlets people requested.

Time magazine reported some years ago that health studies have long shown that unmarried or widowed people are much more susceptible to sickness than married people. For instance, the death rate from heart disease is five times as high among widows between 25 and 34 as it is among married women of the same age. And the divorced of all ages are twice as susceptible to strokes as are the married.2 I would expect that little has changed since this article was first written.

James J. Lynch, when he was a specialist in psychosomatic medicine at the University of Maryland Medical School, and author of The Broken Heart: The Medical Consequences of Loneliness, claimed that suicide, cancer, tuberculosis, accidents, mental disorders, and especially heart disease are "all significantly influenced by human companionship."

In other words, "loneliness and isolation can literally break your heart." Loneliness is a feeling of not being able to reach another person and his not being able to reach you. It is a feeling of being isolated even though you may be surrounded by people.

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wisdom and smiles from mae west - An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

Classic Quotes by Mae West (1892-1980) US actor
A hard man is good to find.

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A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.

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A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.

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A man's kiss is his signature.

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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

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Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

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Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.

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Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.

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Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.

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Why community is important

Why the sunrdige 4 c's work   - community -not isolated individuals !

 

Your social relationships can predict your odds of living or dying.  ( from the Zoomer report)

Here's more evidence on how important family and friends are for your health. New research from Brigham Young University suggests that social relationships can predict a person's odds of living or dying. The researchers found that social connections can improve the odds of survival by 50 per cent.

They combined the results of 148 studies that followed more than 300,000 people around the world for seven years. They concluded that adults with strong personal relationships may live an average of almost four years longer than those with weaker social ties.

And social isolation can be as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day or being an alcoholic. The researchers also suggest it does more damage than not exercising -- and is twice as harmful as obesity.

The study authors figure that when someone is connected to a group and feels responsibility for other people, that sense of purpose and meaning translates to taking better care of themselves and taking fewer risks. Relationships also reduce stress and boost the immune system.

They also say the challenge now is to put this information to good use. The Globe and Mail ran an editorial calling on the government to stage a public health campaign – a war on friendlessness and social isolation akin to the war on smoking or obesity. It's an interesting idea!

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The Most Important Health Care Story You've Never Heard - Forbes.com

The Most Important Health Care Story You've Never Heard - Forbes.com

Interesting insights into the barrier to health innovations and other lifesaving devices.
Greed seems to rule over patient needs - worth a read

This is a worthwhile insight -be careful -do not become addicted

Meet your new drug dealer

Forget coke, crack and smack -- because legal meds are giving street drugs a run for the money.

We've become a nation of dopers, and you don't need a shady dealer on a street corner to get high anymore.

Your doctor will do just fine.

The latest numbers reveal a sad and shocking milestone: Legal meds like painkillers and sedatives now send as many Americans to emergency rooms each year as hardcore street drugs: 1 million people.

Move over, Mary Jane!

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says ER trips due to the "nonmedical" use of painkillers alone shot up 111 percent over five years, to 305,885 in 2008 from 144,644 in 2004.

Oxycodone led the way with 105,214 ER visits, while hydrocodone accounted for 89,051 and methadone claimed 63,629, according to the numbers in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

In case you're wondering, the numbers are up across the board. Men? Up! Women? Up! Under 21? Up! Older than 21? Up, up -- and away!

There's just one area that's not up -- street drugs. But that shouldn't be a big surprise -- who needs street drugs anymore when a completely legal high is just a copay away?

The CDC says it's concerned by the increase -- which would almost be funny if so many lives weren't at stake. The feds also claim that urgent action is needed, but don't hold your breath waiting for that.

You and I both know that the last thing the Pharma-funded U.S. government will ever do is take "urgent" action against the drug companies to save your puny little life.

Save yourself instead -- treat all drugs like the dangerous meds they are... and never, ever take them unless you really, truly need them.

Keeping off the streets,

William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.

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England tries to improve their Health system

British healthcare system reorganizes
LONDON (UPI) -- British doctors will be solely responsible for front-line patient care under a new-look plan for Britain's national healthcare system, health officials said.

Health officials said the plan, outlined in a white paper that will be published next week, is designed to shift key decisions about patients' care to the doctors who know them, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

Under the plans, doctors would receive government funds to pay hospitals directly instead of the money being given to a system of primary care trusts that pay for hospital treatment for patients from their areas.

The change means strategic health authorities and primary care trusts under the National Health Service will be scrapped and tens of thousands of administrative jobs will be lost, officials said.

Officials said they hope the new, mandatory system will reduce red tape and give doctors and patients more control over treatment strategies.

The decision represents a victory for Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, who has the backing of Prime Minister David Cameron about his decision to turn over taxpayer money to doctors.

Nigel Edwards, acting NHS Confederation chief executive officer, warned the changes would be difficult to implement, the publication said.

"In transition to this new system there are some quite significant risks," Edward said. "Obviously it is going to take time to implement this and the (primary care trusts) at the moment are the people who keep the lid on the performance and financial management of the system."

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WiFi Use Grows Strongly in Health Care Industry: Report - Health Care IT from eWeek

Lets use technology to reduce care costs and improve both productivity and client service - S.Holle

WiFi Use Grows Strongly in Health Care Industry: Report - Health Care IT from eWeek

According to the research firm, health care users are usually the first adopters of new WiFi technology, and the recession of 2009-2010 didn't halt the growth of wireless activity. In addition to the home, patients in hospitals can now use WiFi to keep in touch with family and friends while recovering.

"The health care industry has come to rely on WiFi because it's versatile, proven technology that meets health care's unique needs — data-intensive work in highly mobile environments," Kelly Davis-Felner, marketing director for the Wi-Fi Alliance, told eWEEK. "It has advanced security mechanisms, high-performance technology, a robust certification ecosystem and an enormous range of certified devices."
ABI's Wireless Health Care Research Service tracks other wireless technology in the health care industry such as Bluetooth, Low-Energy Bluetooth, ZigBee, 802.15.4 and proprietary low power RF offerings to see how it's used in areas such as WLAN, personal monitoring, disease management, assisted living and telepresence.

"Wi-Fi can certainly support this kind of application, but there are some lower-power technologies that it will have to compete with such as Bluetooth Low Energy, Zigbee and proprietary offerings," Collins told eWEEK. "Any offering in this market will have to be extremely simple to install, and operate and existing Wi-Fi connections can’t be relied upon to always be present.

With doctors now able to monitor patients' vital data from afar using wireless technology such as WiFi, ABI reported in July 2009 that remote patient monitoring is poised for major growth. At the time, the firm expected WiFi-enabled health care products worldwide (with the exception of WiFi-equipped medical equipment) to total $4.9 billion in 2014.

Scientists identify 'memory' molecule - a break threw

Scientists identify 'memory' molecule
LEICESTER, England (UPI) -- Researchers in Britain say they've discovered a molecular key to how the human brain learns, and how it records and saves memories.

Scientists at the University of Leicester have identified the chemical mechanism by which memories are formed, a university release said Monday.

A key protein is involved in the brain's process of creating and retaining memories, Andrew Tobin, a professor of cell biology, said.

"This protein is present in the part of the brain in which memories are stored," Tobin said. "We have found that in order for any memory to be laid down this protein, called the M3-muscarinic receptor, has to be activated."

The finding could have important implications for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Tobin said.

Since one of the major symptoms of Alzheimer's is memory loss, he said, drugs designed to target the protein identified in the study could lead to treatment options for the disease.

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First in spending -last in delivery

U.S. ranks last in study on healthcare
NEW YORK (UPI) -- Despite paying almost double for healthcare compared to any other country, the United States ranked last in a study of seven developed nations, a survey says.

The non-profit group, the Commonwealth Fund, used data from the 2007 International Health Policy Survey, conducted by telephone in Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States; the 2008 International Health Policy Survey of Sicker Adults and the Commonwealth Fund 2009 International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians.

The United States ranked last for access to healthcare -- 54 percent of U.S. adults with chronic conditions reported not getting a recommended test, treatment or follow-up care because of cost.

U.S. patients are most likely to report being given the wrong medication or the wrong dose of their medication -- a preventable medical error, the study found.

In measuring efficiency, the U.S ranked last due to high administrative costs, lack of use of information technology, re-hospitalization rates of patients and duplicative medical testing. U.S. patients were three times as likely as those in Germany or the Netherlands to visit an emergency department for something a regular doctor could have treated.

For any category, the highest the United States ranked was fourth.

The Netherlands ranked first and has a per capita cost of healthcare of $3,837, the United States ranked last and had a healthcare per capita cost of $7,290.

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Interesting notes on FF (female frisky)

Big Pharma readies female sex med

Ladies, if you're not in a perpetual state of moistened sexual readiness, there's something wrong with you.

No, really -- you are mentally ill. Deranged, even. Insane with a lack of sexual will.

Think I'm kidding? Turn on the TV -- at some point, a botox creation by the name of Lisa Rinna will begin yammering about a condition called "hypoactive sexual desire disorder."

And if you're not constantly horny, you might have it.

Sorry, there's no cure -- you're just going to have to accept the fact that your life will never, ever be complete or fulfilling.

Except...

It just so happens that the commercials are being funded by a group called the Society of Women's Health Research and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, which just so happens to have a drug in front of the FDA right now to treat "hypoactive sexual desire disorder."

That's right -- Big Pharma wants its new female sex drug to be a blockbuster right out of the gate. They're hoping to build up so much sexual frustration that there's a prescription orgy the day this thing is approved.

The drug is called flibanserin, although if it reaches the market it'll have a name like Girosa or Ectris. But no matter what they call it, they can't change what it really is -- because this med isn't some sexual wonder drug that's going to turn your man into Fabio or whoever women lust after these days.

As I've told you before, it's really just a failed antidepressant, one with more side effects than benefits -- including headaches, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, diarrhea and urinary infections. In the mood yet? No?

Clearly, there's something wrong with you.

Feeling frisky,

William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.

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Get your sunshine -vitamin D

Low vitamin D linked to mobility problems

Stay out of the sun... use sunscreen... cover up... wear a hat... nag, nag, nag.

I'm sick of it!

This bad advice has led directly to the vitamin D crisis and skin cancer explosion
-- and now, a new study shows how it's destroying senior's lives, too.

Researchers say older Americans with the lowest levels of vitamin D have the highest risk for mobility problems... while those with the highest levels of the sunshine vitamin had the lowest risk.

Which category are you in? If you answered "highest," you're probably wrong. Most Americans are badly deficient, and it's getting worse every year.

Just look at this new study: The researchers tested 2,641 golden oldies with an average age of 75, and found two-thirds of them had insufficient D levels.

All of these seniors were asked to perform basic mobility tasks, such as walking 400 meters quickly, rising from a chair without using their arms, and some balance tests similar to what a cop might ask a DWI suspect to do.

The seniors were given the tests again two years later, and two years after that... and those with the highest D levels from the start did the best all the way through, according to the study presented at the Experimental Biology 2010 meeting.

The researchers say now they want to study whether D supplements can keep you out of the wheelchair, but let's call that what it is: An easy play for another research grant.

I can tell you right now what they'll find if they use high levels of genuine, natural vitamin D3: Healthy, active seniors. Vitamin D won't just boost your mobility, it will also lower your risk for diabetes, heart disease, bone breaks, cancer, colds, flu and more.

You can get your own quality supplement easily enough, but the best way to take in the D is to soak up the sun.

Just use a little common sense, don't get burned... and ignore the nags.

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Survey: People uncaring to mentally ill

Survey: People uncaring to mentally ill
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Twenty-two percent of U.S. adults say people show caring and sympathy to those with mental illness, a government survey indicates.

The national survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the estimated 9.8 million U.S. adults living with serious mental illness, found the prevalence of serious mental illness is highest in the 18-25 age group.

The HealthStyles Survey, by SAMHSA and Porter Novelli, indicates 72 percent of young adults ages 18-24 say a person with mental illness would improve if given treatment and support. However, only 33 percent say a person can eventually recover from mental illness.

Forty percent of the survey respondents say a person with mental illness can succeed at work and 65 percent say treatment can help people with mental illness.

SAMHSA and The Advertising Council are beginning a national public service announcement campaign aimed at encouraging, educating and inspiring young adults to support friends and family experiencing a mental health problem.

"We know that people can recover from mental health problems," Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of Health and Human Services, says in a statement. "Today we are getting the word out that support from friends and family can make a difference in helping people overcome these illnesses."

No survey details were provided.

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Sleepless in the senior home
They call it "assisted living," but the only help most seniors get in these awful joints comes once a month, when they need help finding the checkbook.

A new study shows how seniors in these places suffer from widespread sleep disorders -- problems so bad they're leading to a rapid decline in the quality of life and even conditions like severe depression.
Of course, you'd be depressed too if you lived in some of these homes.

Researchers studied 121 seniors at assisted living facilities in the Los Angeles area and found that 65 percent of them were suffering from sleep problems such as waking up in the middle of the night and the inability to fall asleep in the first place.
Over the course of a six-month follow-up period, those who had trouble sleeping were more likely to come apart at the seams. These patients needed more help with their daily living -- which only shows they're not getting out of that assisted living big house anytime soon.

I was already steaming when I read about this in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society... but it gets even worse, because these sleepless seniors were also more likely to suffer from worsening depression.

So much for "assisted" living.
And if you think this problem is confined to these homes on the Left Coast, you're missing out on sleep yourself. Nothing can wreck a human being faster than a lack of sleep. Heck, we get in trouble when we "torture" terrorists with sleep deprivation... yet somehow it's perfectly OK when it happens to older Americans living in care facilities.

Remember -- sleep problems aren't normal at any age, even if they are par for the course in assisted living homes.
Needing no assistance, William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.

How to beat the high cost of government retirement options

Here's a Plan
About 2 years ago my wife and I were on a cruise through the western Mediterranean aboard a Princess ship. At dinner we noticed an elderly lady sitting alone along the rail of the grand stairway in the main dining room. I also noticed that all the staff, ships officers, waiters, busboys, etc., all seemed very familiar with this lady. I asked our waiter who the lady was, expecting to be told she owned the line, but he said he only knew that she had been on board for the last four cruises, back to back.

As we left the dining room one evening I caught her eye and stopped to say hello. We chatted and I said, "I understand you've been on this ship for the last four cruises." She replied, "Yes, that's true." I stated, "I don't understand" and she replied, without a pause, "It's cheaper than a nursing home."

So, there will be no nursing home in my future. When I get old and feeble, I am going to get on a Princess Cruise Ship. The average cost for a nursing home is $200 per day. I have checked on reservations at Princess and I can get a long term discount and senior discount price of $135 per day. That leaves $65 a day for:

1. Gratuities which will only be $10 per day.

2. I will have as many as 10 meals a day if I can waddle to the restaurant, or I can have room service (which means I can have breakfast in bed every day of the week).

3. Princess has as many as three swimming pools, a workout room, free washers and dryers, and shows every night.

4. They have free toothpaste and razors, and free soap and shampoo.

5. They will even treat you like a customer, not a patient. An extra $5 worth of tips will have the entire staff scrambling to help you.

6. I will get to meet new people every 7 or 14 days.

7. T.V. broken? Light bulb need changing? Need to have the mattress replaced? No Problem! They will fix everything and apologize for your inconvenience.

8. Clean sheets and towels every day, and you don't even have to ask for them.

9. If you fall in the nursing home and break a hip you are on Medicare; if you fall and break a hip on the Princess ship they will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life.

Now hold on for the best! Do you want to see South America, the Panama Canal, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, or name where you want to go? Princess will have a ship ready to go. So don't look for me in a nursing home, just call shore to ship.

P.S. And don't forget, when you die, they just dump you over the side at no charge.

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Fast food fast exit

Fast food logos turn your judgment inside out

If you're jonesing for junk food, you don't have a craving -- you've been conditioned, plain and simple.

Ronald McDonald, world's most careful and calculated clown, has turned you into one of Pavlov's dogs. He's already taught you how to beg... and if you keep eating his junk, you'll be playing dead, too -- and that's no trick.

A new study shows how the very sight of a fast food logo can send you itching and twitching into an irrational frenzy that can only be cured by some reformed chicken chunks and processed meat patties.

And all it takes is a quick, subliminal flash to change your behavior.

Researchers showed a series of images to students for less than a tenth of second
-- between 12 and 80 milliseconds. Some of the students saw logos for death cafes such as McDonald's, KFC, Subway and Taco Hell, err, Bell.

Then, the students were asked to read some text and choose between two skincare products.

The researchers found that the students who were exposed to -- or infected by, in my book -- the fast food logos were more likely to plow through the text as quickly as possible, and then choose the product that saved the most time.

I'm surprised some of these kids didn't just toss the reading assignment and run right out of the room in search of some processed meat patties or reformed chicken chunks.

The researchers say their study shows how fast food "can have the unexpected consequence of inducing haste and impatience."

I hate to break the news, but the biggest problem with fast food isn't the fact that it causes haste and impatience. It's the fact that it causes heart disease, diabetes and early death.

As far as I'm concerned, the best fast food logo is a rotting corpse.

Speeding away from fast food,

William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.

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Generic Drug Pricing Reform
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CARP actively supported proposals in Ontario to dramatically
reduce the price of generic drugs, expand the patient services
provided by pharmacists and eliminate rebates paid to
pharmacists by generic drug companies. Opponents of the reforms
- aware that other provinces could follow suit - stoked fears
about loss of services to seniors by threatening to close stores
or charge for delivery. CARP members expressed definitive
support for overhauling the drug pricing system. Read more [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C441691%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3987793%2CbgVnjbP

In a poll of CARP ActionOnline readers, 91% of the over 3,200 respondents fully supported the proposed changes and condemned the retaliatory action. CARP members' support for the reforms certainly entered the public discourse in a high profile manner when the Minister of Health & Long-Term care announced the poll results during question period at the

The Ontario Government Seeks to Regulate Retirement Homes with a
Noteworthy Bill - CARP Urges Consumer Protection
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A new bill working its way through the Ontario Legislature
promises to regulate retirement homes across the province. With
more than 40,000 retirement home spaces in Ontario and a
population of seniors expected to double to nearly 4.1 million
within 25 years, according to the Ontario Seniors Secretariat
the need for regulation is long overdue. Vice President of CARP
Advocacy, Susan Eng acknowledged, "the proposed changes
recognize the growing need for more care services and
accommodation outside institutional settings and ensures that
the safety and quality of services in retirement homes meet the
standards we would want for ourselves and our loved ones." Read
more [
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]While CARP commends the Government for its efforts to ensure that Ontario's retirement homes are safe, secure and provide quality care, the haste with which the Bill is moving through the legislature may be jeopardizing its credibility and the strength of its regulatory framework.

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Are we getting value for our Health Care spending?.Not accorfing to the Health index

Are we , Canadains getting value for our Health Care spending?. The objective report card or index relative to Europe is no. We need improvements . We have A spending levels and C- D results or delivery  of front line health care services . If we know that there is a problem -we can fix it constructively    My summary of this useful objective information FCPP report - S,   (Please pass it on or make comment with your solutions ) 

 

http://www.fcpp.org/publication.php/3286

In Brief:

 The 3rd annual Euro-Canada Health Consumer Index compares the consumer-friendliness of the Canadian healthcare system to 33 European countries

• Canada lags while the Netherlands is tops
• Healthcare spending in Canada is comparable to the top-ranked European countries analyzed in this index but Canada still has a weak performance relative to Europe
• In Canada, wait times for diagnostic exams such as an MRI can last for months The typical wait time in top European countries is less than one week

Canada showed some signs of improvement in this year's index. Canada made minor improvements in its score in four of the five categories of indicators, with its score remaining unchanged in the fifth category.

Areas for improvement

The greatest weakness of Canadian healthcare remains long wait times. Wait times in Canada for diagnostic exams such as an MRI can last for months; in comparison, the typical wait time in top European countries is less than one week.  Wait times for orthopaedic surgeries such as hip replacements are also much longer in Canada than in most European countries.

Patient rights and access to information is another weak point for Canada. Bureaucratic obstacles and long waits often make it difficult for Canadians to access a second opinion about their own medical status, and patient rights are not codified in an explicit legislative guarantee

Access to the newest medicines is also somewhat delayed in Canada compared to Europe. It takes an average of 314 days for newly approved medicines to be entered in to provincial subsidy systems in Canada, compared to less than 150 days in countries like Ireland and Germany.

 

Action need-summary

"Most importantly, Canadians still face excessively long waiting periods for care. Canada spends as much money as the top performers on healthcare like the Netherlands and Germany, but we haven't been able to match their levels of efficiency. By looking at our own areas of relative weakness and examining European best practices, we can better understand where improvement is most needed and what sorts of reforms are likely to bring about measurable progress."

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Hollecrest & Associates Inc   -"Turnaround Consultants" http://www.ic.gc.ca/ccc/search/cp?l=eng&e=123456239975 .


Back to Eden communities Sunridge -261 Oakhill Drive, Brantford backtoeden.ontario@gmail.com
www.backtoeden.bravehost.com "Building elder peer communities that are cozy,caring and comfortable" -quality 24/7 care

Please hold the line -Dave -on rising healthcare costs

"This big-money, dirty-tricks campaign is an offensive attempt to manipulate people in my community in an attempt to preserve your profit margins at the inflated expense of those paying for needed medicine," Levac wrote.  http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2576307

We need calm thinking with proper and constructive solutions to the pending overinflated health care cost crisis. Venting with the same old "We the priviledged front line rhetoric" is not thinking or giving alternatives or constructive ways of solving the over heated costly( over 48% of the ON budget) health care crisis -a chance. Lets solve it -not yell at each other and besides that why wastefully shoot at or yell at the(your) messenger. His name is not Dalton. The Health Minister is the one who should be listening to your concerns and the constructive suggestions and options you are proposing .

Yes -we can do more,better with less and not at your expense -.If we can  flatten out the unnecessary redtape and expensive,wasteful bureaucratic /administrative layers- to good direct front line customer health services. Innovate a workable sustainable solution with your researchers and your customers please.

 

Sieg (Posted )

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Hollecrest & Associates Inc   -"Turnaround Consultants" http://www.ic.gc.ca/ccc/search/cp?l=eng&e=123456239975 .

hidden cost energy

No longer a benefit for customers
Posted By CHRISTINA BLIZZARD
Posted 5 days ago

Your hydro bill calls it a "provincial benefit." In truth, it's a
sneaky way to hike electricity rates -and pass along to consumers the
high cost of all those costly "green energy initiatives."

Consumers who signed contracts with electricity retailers and thought
they'd locked in their hydro costs are suddenly finding their bills
are skyrocketing -through a line called provincial benefit (PB).

The PB isn't new. It grew out of something called the "global adjustment."

And it's now worth $4.2 billion a year, and growing.

In a nutshell, there was a need to absorb costs for non-utility
generation (basically private power generation) built in the 1980s.
When the market later "opened" it was agreed the old Ontario Hydro
baseload nuclear and some of its hydro assets would also be included
in that adjustment. That morphed into the PB.

When the price of electricity was high, the PB was a negative amount.
Now that prices are low, the PB is soaring to compensate generation
companies -at the expense of people who thought they had guaranteed
electricity contracts.

The reason it's ballooned lately is because of all the massive green
energy contracts -the so-called feed-in tariff programs (FIT) -the
government has been signing on to, said New Democrat critic Howard
Hampton.

They include high-priced solar, biogas and biomass projects.

The suggestion it's a benefit is a "disgusting misuse of the English
language," he said.

The only people who benefit are the people getting lucrative contracts
to generate electricity.

Hampton said the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) should answer to the Legislature.

"The Ontario Power Authority, a body which is completely unaccountable
and can't be called before any legislative committee, has been out
there signing hydro contracts worth billions of dollars. That's not
factored into your hydro rate. But it has to show up somehow, because
we are going to spend billions of dollars for these sweetheart deals,"
Hampton said in an interview.

If you've stayed with your local utility, you don't have that line on
your electricity bill. The utility absorbs it. Only businesses and
consumers who signed up with retailers pay.

As the price of all these green projects increases, so too, will the PB.

"The McGuinty Liberals are going to make Ontario's electricity system
probably the most expensive on the continent with huge repercussions
for businesses and individual consumers," Hampton said.

As costs mount, the PB will become a black hole to hide the soaring
cost of electricity. What is most worrying is the loss of
transparency. When the market opened, your hydro bill was broken down
cost-by-cost: Delivery, generation and retirement of the provincial
debt. Now we have this catch-all PB.

A spokesman for the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
said consumers should be wary of signing retail contracts without
knowing just what they are getting.

"We are trying to provide education and awareness that before you do
sign one of the contracts you should try to understand what it is you
are committing to and look at what you are now paying for versus what
that contract offers," said Terry Young. (Check www.ieso.ca

for more information.)

So beware of signing an energy contract with a retailer. Most of them
only include the market price of electricity. You'll have to pay the
PB on top of that.

In November, then-Energy Minister Gerry Phillips said he wanted to see
more transparency in electricity bills. Let's hope Brad Duguid, who
just shuffled into the energy portfolio, actually does something about
it.

Hey, everyone can dream.

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Fwd: Welcome to the latest issue of CARP Action Online!

a worthwhile read

To view this newsletter in full-color:
http://www.imakenews.com/carp/index000438679.cfm?x=bgQTBLp,bct7jVmF

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Saturday, April 24, 2010
April 26th 2010
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1. HIGH NOON FOR PENSION REFORM
2. BATTLE LINES HARDEN OVER DRUG REFORM PLAN
3. FINANCE COMMITTEE HEARING ON THE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY OF
CANADIANS
4. CARP CALLS FOR RETRACTION OF MISLEADING ADVERTISING BY
PHARMACISTS
5. SUSAN ENG TALKS DRUG REFORM ON THE BUSINESS NEWS NETWORK
6. PENSION REFORM - LESS TALK MORE ACTION
7. NEW HEALTH COUNCIL OF CANADA REPORT ON CHRONIC ILLNESS CARE
8. CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN SYNDROME IN MEN, PART II
9. SUSAN ENG ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS GENERIC DRUG PRICE CUTS
10. TWO PART PENSION REFORM VIDEO PRESENTATION BY SUSAN ENG
11. FEDERAL FINANCE MINISTER VISITS WINNIPEG FOR MEETING ON
OVERHAULING PENSION PLAN
12. ALBERTA PENSION REFORM CONSULTATIONS
13. ALBERTA PENSION REFORM CONSULTATION PAPER
14. CARP LETTER TO THE ALBERTA MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE
15. CARP SUBMISSION TO ALBERTA PENSIONS CONSULTATION
16. CARP PRESENTATION TO THE ONTARIO STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
17. CARP IN MANITOBA
18. CARP IN MANITOBA
19. JIM FLAHERTY 'S POSITION STATEMENT ON PENSION REFORM
20. NOVA SCOTIA FINANCE MINISTER GRAHAM STEELE'S POSITION ON PENSION
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High noon for pension reform
by JONATHAN CHEVREAU
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It's "high noon for pension reform" and time to move from
debates to decisions, pension consultant Keith Ambachtsheer says
in a widely circulated new report. The president of KPA Advisory
Services Ltd. is pushing for a supplement to the Canada Pension
Plan that would benefit the 75% of Canadians who don't have
employer pensions. His focus on improving prospects for
middle-income Canadians earning $30,000 to $100,000 makes it one
of the leading contenders for reform. Originally published in
The Financial Post April 17th, 2010. To go to the Financial Post
website, please Read more... [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951137%2CbgQTBLp
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Battle lines harden over drug reform plan
by VIK KIRSCH
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Battle lines are being drawn in a growing skirmish between
pharmacists and Queen's Park over the Liberal government's
controversial drug reform plan to cut costs to the public purse.
The Financial Post [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951139%2CbgQTBLp
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Finance Committee Hearing on the Retirement Income Security of
Canadians
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In late March CARP was back on Parliament Hill to renew its call
for a Universal Pension Plan that would provide a retirement
savings vehicle for the one in three working Canadians who
retire without any savings. At a Committee hearing convened to
discuss the retirement income security of Canadians, CARP
presented its proposals and most recent poll results. Read more
[
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951152%2CbgQTBLp
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CARP calls for Retraction of Misleading advertising by
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TORONTO, ON: CARP calls for Retraction of Misleading Advertising
by Pharmacists which deliberately misquotes a voluntary
chairperson of a local CARP chapter.Bruce Draper, the Chair of
CARP'S Windsor-Essex chapter is inappropriately and without his
consent or knowledge misquoted in a full page ad run in the
Peterborough Examiner today by the people behind www.stopcuts.ca
as saying "The McGuinty Government's health care cuts will hurt
seniors".Read more [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951138%2CbgQTBLp ]


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Susan Eng Talks Drug Reform on the Business News Network
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Susan Eng participated in a panel discussion of so-called
"Professional Allowances" paid to pharmacists. Read more [
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Pension Reform - Less Talk more Action
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If talk is all we needed, then pension reform is all but
accomplished. You can't turn around without someone holding
forth an opinion on our retirement security or insecurity. And
all this talk has brought the industry players to the table with
their own new and improved offerings to help us out. And that's
the good news! Read more [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951143%2CbgQTBLp
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New Health Council of Canada Report on Chronic Illness Care
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On April 28, the Health Council of Canada will release the third
bulletin in the Canadian Health Care Matters series. Beyond the
Basics: The Importance of Patient-Provider Interactions in
Chronic Illness Care, is based on an analysis of data from the
2008 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of
Sicker Adults. Read more [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951141%2CbgQTBLp
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Chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men, PART II
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In this article I will continue to address CPPS, a serious and
disabling problem that affects many men, with the second part of
my article. Read more [
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Susan Eng on The Agenda to Discuss Generic Drug Price Cuts
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On Tuesday April 22nd, Susan Eng joined The Agenda's Steve
Paikin for a panel discussion regarding recent drug reforms
targeting allowances paid to pharmacists by drug companies. Read
more [
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Two Part Pension Reform Video Presentation by Susan Eng
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Susan Eng, CARP VP of Advocacy spoke at to the Ontario
Federation and Labour and the Canadian Labour Congress at a
pension summit held in April 2010. Read more... [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3926123%2CbgQTBLp
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Federal Finance Minister visits Winnipeg for meeting on
overhauling pension plan
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Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty visited Winnipeg Monday
as part of a cross-country trek to get feedback on how to reform
Canada's pension plan. Flaherty said that the talks have
implications for all citizens. click here [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951136%2CbgQTBLp
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Alberta pension reform consultations
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The Alberta government launched pension reform consultations and
issued a consultation paper that stressed the need for action to
improve Canada's retirement income system. Surprisingly, Alberta
Finance Minster Ted Morton appeared to resist reforming Canada's
retirement income system by suggesting that pension reform
should span a decade. Read more... [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951154%2CbgQTBLp
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Alberta Pension Reform Consultation Paper
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To read a copy of Alberta's Pension Reform Consultation Paper,
please click here [ http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951204%2CbgQTBLp Pension
Consultatio paper march 2010.pdf ].

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CARP Letter to the Alberta Ministry of Finance and Enterprise
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To read a copy of the letter CARP sent to Alberta Ministry of
Finance please click here. [ http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3471134%2CbgQTBLp Ted
Morton March 22, 2010.pdf ],

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CARP Submission to Alberta Pensions Consultation
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To read the Submission CARP has made in response to the
consultation paper, please click here [
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CARP Presentation to the Ontario Standing Committee on Finance
and Economic Affairs
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On April 1st 2010, CARP was invited to comment on Bill 236, An
Act to Amend the Pension Benefits Act. Read more [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951156%2CbgQTBLp
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CARP in Manitoba
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CARP was invited to the federal pension reform roundtable in
Winnipeg where CARP's proposal for a Universal Pension plan was
presented directly to Finance Minister James Flaherty, Seniors
Minister Diane Ablonczy and Parliamentary secretary to the
finance minister, Ted Menzies. Manitoba finance minister Rosann
Wowchuk was also in attendance. Read more [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951153%2CbgQTBLp
]


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