On the road to health care privatization
The 2023-2024 budget for the New Brunswick Department of Health is $3.6 billion. This represents one-third of this year's provincial ...
Tag: health care
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NB debrief: Pandemic highlights crisis in long-term care [video]
In this episode, the NB debrief explores the landscape of long-term care in New Brunswick and across the country. With ...
Against backdrop of health care crisis, two events marked by widely divergent approaches
Against the backdrop of the crisis in our public health care system, two important but completely different events took place ...
My Lord! Where is Medavie going with our health care system?
This is a grim moment. Medavie Blue Cross is absorbing our health care system piece by piece. Its CEO, Bernard ...
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‘Disrespectful’ speech shows Higgs doesn’t understand health crisis, says NB Health Coalition co-chair [video]
Premier Blaine Higgs delivered his State of the Province speech earlier this month, celebrating what he described as a booming ...
Premier’s statements on health care make no sense, says head of New Brunswick Union
Two recent articles involving health care in New Brunswick are cause for concern for our public system. The articles demonstrate ...
IN MEMORIAM: Nell Toussaint: July 14, 1969–January 9, 2023
Nell Toussaint passed away this month after suffering heart failure and falling into a coma late last year. As the ...
Blaine Higgs is holding us back
About a year ago, I wrote a piece for the NB Media Co-op in which I lamented the PC government’s ...
As health ministers meet, NB Health Coalition wants privatization off the table
About 30 people rallied outside Health Minister Bruce Fitch's office in Riverview today, November 7, to express their opposition to ...
LETTER: New Brunswickers oppose moves towards private delivery of health care
Editor's note: This letter by long-time public health care advocate Jean-Claude Basque and signed by almost 100 people was sent ...
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