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There is considerable pressure for change in Canada’s health care system. It is a system under stress, and many perceive that the system is neglected, deteriorating and in danger of serious decline. Powerful political forces are pushing to open up the system to more market forces and privatization. Most Canadians – including RNAO – agree that the system needs strengthening and improvement – but are forcefully opposed to market forces and more privatization, as these measurements will only serve to weaken medicare and lead to its dismantling.

In this section:

• Facts About Privatization - Nurses are committed to public health care, and so is the Canadian public. Medicare faces many challenges, but there is also the opportunity to make advancements to bring more services under medicare’s umbrella. But to do that, the creeping privatization of Canada’s health-care system must be stopped.

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