Advice to U.S. from Canadian Doctors for Medicare

National doctors' organization tells Americans – after more than four decades of direct experience – that Canadians know Medicare works.

Ottawa (25 Aug. 2009) - Canadian Doctors for Medicare (CDM) stepped into Canada's national health care debate in 2006 when a group of physicians and friends became concerned about the increased privatization in health care and the emergence of a two-tier health care system that would allow the wealthy to buy private insurance for private care at the expense of the vast majority of Canadians.

Canadian Doctors for Medicare recently hosted a celebration of Medicare in Canada. Speakers included Roy Romanow, former Saskatchewan Premier and Commissioner on Health Care in Canada. This video has been prepared by CDM in the context of the current debate over health care in the United States.

The video tells Americans, while reminding Canadians, that the Canadian universal health care works and it encourages Americans on behalf of the doctors who belong to CDM to follow Canada's example (now in operation for more than 40 years) by implementing a single payer universal health care system.
 

NUPGE

The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is one of Canada's largest labour organizations with over 340,000 members. Our mission is to improve the lives of working families and to build a stronger Canada by ensuring our common wealth is used for the common good. NUPGE

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