Roughly 11.8 million adults and children will be at risk for losing health insurance if Republicans' domestic policy package ...

Ontario Health Coalition made complaints on behalf of 50 patients who say they experienced extra-billing when getting surgeries at private clinics.

One of the key reforms that CCD has long advocated for is the right for people to name a family member or friend to be ...

Anti-smoking groups are warning the Carney government that its legislation to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers could undermine health standards unless it's amended to add new safeguards.

VICTORIA — Premier David Eby has ordered a review and modernization of the province’s Mental Health Act after last weekend’s fatal rampage at the Lapu Lapu festival in the Filipino community ...

Kennell said they want the Liberal government to take steps within their first 100 days in office toward amending the Canada Health Act or creating “new parallel legislation that would put ...

Funding Medical Services Under the Canada Health Act (CHA), which took effect in 1984, medically necessary services that are provided by physicians must be publicly funded.

The Canada Health Act says health care must be publicly delivered without user fees or extra billing. But now governments are encouraging private, for-profit, surgical and other specialty clinics ...

The Canada Health Act came into being in 1984 because of a political crisis sparked by physicians charging user fees to patients.

OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 10, 2025 /CNW/ - The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) welcomes the clarity that the federal government brought today to the Canada Health Act and agrees that all primary care ...