Fielding questions on Vancouver radio station CKNW’s talk show yesterday, Prime Minister Paul Martin weighed on the health care debate stating, “I don’t believe in a two-tier medicare system.” Despite the recent Supreme Court decision which declared laws preventing payment for necessary medical services unconstitutional, Martin emphasized the importance of a medicare system based only on need and denounced the hybrid models that currently operate in Europe. He stated his primary goal will be a reduction in waiting list times, to be accomplished through massive reinvestment in health care. In last year’s First Ministers’ Accord, Martin promised to invest $41 billion over 10 years for health reform.
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