Lost in all the hubbub over deposed cabinet minister Helena Guergis and her fast-driving husband were three stories of much greater long-term significance to Canadians and their well being.
Together, what these stories show is that the governments of Canada's three largest provinces — Quebec, Ontario and B.C. — are taking dramatic steps to try to get rising health-care costs under control.
Moving from East to West, we saw Quebec Premier Jean Charest's Liberal government put forward a plan to have all patients pay a $25 fee for each visit to a doctor.
Then came Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty's announcement to lower the cost of generic drugs and also eliminate the "professional allowances" paid pharmacists by drug manufacturers to push certain products.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/04/15/f-vp-newman.html#ixzz0lFqfgoNy
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