Health care’s ‘fix for a generation’ is a disappointment, report says - media/Canada

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Health care’s ‘fix for a generation’ is a disappointment, report says

The Globe and Mail

Last updated Thursday, Sep. 19 2013, 12:11 AM EDT

A decade of health care reforms heralded as a “fix for a generation” has yielded disappointing results and deluded Canadians into thinking their system of care is better than it really is, a report says.

The report, to be released on Thursday, is the latest from the Health Council of Canada, an oversight panel created to monitor the progress of health accords introduced in 2003 and 2004.....

The federal government announced this year that it will end the group’s financing.....

The council was established in 2004 and had a budget of about $6.5-million. The Harper government announced in April that, since the accords it was created to monitor expire in 2014, the council was no longer necessary. It is expected to operate through early next year.