Health-care advocates push for innovation, integration, and targeted funding as Ottawa pivots to bilateral deals on health care funding

Proponents are calling on the federal government to make sizeable investments in the healthcare system and requiring funding to the provinces and territories be spent on specific areas, like home care and mental health.

Health Minister Jane Philpott is fielding calls from advocates to make targeted investments in health care and improve reporting standards as Ottawa eases off plans to reach a pan-national Health Accord. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

March 6, 2017

Advocates are calling on the federal government to continue pursuing targeted investments in key health-care fields and to work on developing and implementing much-needed national reporting standards, despite the government's shift away from a promised pan-Canada Health Accord and towards bila...

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