Trudeau, premiers to meet next month to discuss health-care deal
With health care now taking up more than a third of their budgets, the premiers say Ottawa must contribute more to these increasing costs, even as many provinces have been posting budget surpluses in recent months.
Trudeau has said he’s willing to increase federal health transfers to the provinces, but only if they agree to a set of shared priorities that would see “tangible results,” that would improve patient care for Canadians.Last week, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said those priorities include: reducing backlogs and supporting health workers, enhancing access to family medicine, improving mental health services, helping Canadians age with dignity and agreements to modernize and share health data.
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