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   PART SEVEN - The Future of Health Care   To explore the issues raised
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     HEALTH CARE AND POVERTY
     In the 1960s, Saskatchewan passed Canada's first medicare bill,
     setting off a chain reaction that led to a national system of
     universal health care considered one of the best in the world. But
     while the poor are no longer dependent on chance and charity for
     decent medical attention, universal health care has not resulted in
     universal health. 1,000 words.
     By SHARON KIRKEY and JOAN RAMSAY  Southam News    <28health>

     NORTHERN CARE
     Residents of the Northwest Territories have the most abysmal health
     record in Canada, ranking first or second in all leading causes of
     death except heart disease and constantly battling tuberculosis,
     meningitis and other inflictions more commonly associated with
     developing nations. The solution isn't more doctors, nurses and
     hospitals. It's housing. 950 words.
     By LAURIE SARKADI  Edmonton Journal               <29health>

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     THE GREYING OF HEALTH CARE
     Often called the retirement capital of Canada, the city of Victoria
     is wrestling with a problem the rest of country will soon share _
     how to care for an increasingly elderly population without going
     broke. It thinks it has the answer. 1,050 words.
     By ANNE MULLENS  Vancouver Sun                    <30health>
