Health Accord
Public and health professionals agree: Canada needs patient-centered care
February 12, 2018
Consensus is often hard to come by in these binary times, but there is a health care issue on which both the general Canadian public and health professionals agree: the need for patient-centred care.
Read more2017: A year in review
December 21, 2017
In a year when Canada passed a demographic milestone, Canadian supporters of improved care for seniors made their voices heard loud and clear. Combined, these events made 2017 a year to remember.
Read moreSmall space. Big idea.
November 20, 2017
With the cost of seniors residences rising and wait-lists for long-term facilities growing longer, an Ottawa-based company has turned an old concept into a new alternative.
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Social Equity and Increasing Productivity
September 25, 2017
CMA’s 2018 pre-budget brief provides key recommendations to help improve the productivity and effectiveness of the health care system for Canadians across the country.
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Canada’s 40,000 Indigenous seniors face particular challenges
June 21, 2017
Critics say that Aboriginal, Métis and Inuit Canadians over age 65 are paying for the lack of collaborative problem-solving between government departments and agencies.
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Conservative Party leadership candidates and the future of health care
May 26, 2017
The Conservative Party of Canada members will elect a new leader on May 27. Who are the leadership candidates focused on Canada’s health and seniors care priorities?
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Groundhog Day-type discussions have to stop, says CMA
December 20, 2016
Canada needs urgent political leadership to ensure our health care system evolves to meet the needs of our aging population.
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Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Seniors
September 15, 2016
Federal, Provincial and Territorial (F/P/T) Ministers Responsible for Seniors met today in Vancouver to discuss key issues related to seniors that matter to all Canadians such as caregiver readiness and social inclusion.
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Toronto Star endorses CMA Vision for Health Accord that includes Seniors Plan
September 8, 2016
One of Canada’s leading daily newspapers has taken a public stand in favour of the Canadian Medical Association’s proposal for the next Health Accord.
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MP Andrew Leslie hosted a roundtable with residents of his riding
August 22, 2016
With a new Health Accord to be negotiated by the federal, provincial and territorial governments, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has been encouraging MPs to meet with their constituents in order to discuss the importance of including seniors care in this agreement.
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CMA Releases 16th Annual National Report Card on Health Care
August 19, 2016
The CMA’s 16th Annual National Report Card on Health Care focused on solutions to address the health care needs of Canada’s aging population that could be included in the soon-to-be negotiated Health Accord between the federal, provincial and territorial governments.
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One Voice for Seniors Care
July 5, 2016
The most effective advocacy tactic is also the simplest: many voices speaking as one, delivering the same message.
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Better Health is Possible for Canada
June 8, 2016
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) – backed by our over 83,000 physician members and our 35,000 Demand a Plan public supporters – agrees and now is the time to act.
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Atlantic premiers want more money to look after aging populations
May 20, 2016
Atlantic premiers have teamed up to call for a Health Accord that takes into account their aging populations — the oldest in the country.
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Better home care likely the key to better health care for all
February 19, 2016
Every day, physicians see first-hand the inefficiencies of a broken system trying to support our elderly. It’s commonplace for doctors to assign patients to gurneys in the hallway because hospitals are over capacity by mid-morning.
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President of CMA weighs in on Ministerial Mandate letter
November 24, 2015
Canada’s physicians are glad to see health care back on the federal to-do list with the release Friday of mandate letters from the Prime Minister to his ministers.
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