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First Ministers' Meeting on the Future of Health Care

A 10 Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care

• New Federal Investments on Health - Commitments on 10-Year Action Plan on Health
• Asymetrical Federalism that respects Quebec's Jurisdiction
• FMM 2004 Investments for Health and New Funding Levels (10-Year) (PDF Version)

Health Canada Fact Sheets

• Overview of the Health Care System
• The 2003 Accord on Health Care Renewal: A Progress Report
• The Canada Health Act
• A Public Health System for the 21 st Century
• Health Human Resources
• Primary Health Care
• Wait Times
• Home Care
• Pharmaceutical Management and Catastrophics Drug Coverage
• Innovation and Research
• Performance Reporting
• The Official Languages Act
• Aboriginal Health
• The First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
• Commitments to Aboriginal Health

Finance Canada Fact Sheets

• Federal Support for Health Care: The Facts
• Recent Federal Health Care Investments
• Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada Funding Recommendations
• Total Federal Support for Health, Post-Secondary Education, and Social Assistance and Social Services (2003-04)
• What is Equalization?
• Health Care Funding for the Territories