Michael Kirby and the other members of the Senate committee examining Canada’s health care system last month released a wide-ranging report that presents a broad array of funding options for medicare, including some sort of patient-pay, or user fee for health services.

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CMA physician survey results released

Results from the 2001 Physician Resource Questionnaire (PRQ) were released last month and the annual survey of Canadian physicians showed that 64% of respondents agreed their workload was heavier than they would like.