Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 21, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free november 1981 doctors5 group Calls for private health funding of fms free press by Joe Rubin a group of Canadian doctors is Call for the introduction of private health care insurance to infuse Money whatsit sees As an underfunded health care we Are calling for an end to the governments monopoly on funding since it clearly cannot provide Ade quate funding to properly run a Good High Quality medical care system in said Joan chairman of the association of Independent physicians of compare problems Charboneau met in Winnipeg yesterday with the associations inter no Vinci Al coordinating committee doctors representing various prov inces to compare regional problems and plan strategy for the year old lobby physicians from British Colum Ontario and the Atlantic provinces sit the coordinating which is charged with expanding member ship beyond although composed primarily of opted out 25 per cent of the groups members in Ontario practise within our con Cern far transcends just the Issue of opting in or opting said Charbo noting that the group is tackling the Gross underfunding of the health care system and the problems physic ians have working within lady to address societies a scottish lord and his lady will address the annual dinners of separate Winnipeg scottish ethnic societies Fri lord Harald of will address the a Lith annual meeting of the Andrews society of Winnipeg at the Westin hotel As lady Margaret Birsay Speaks to the annual dinner of lady caledonian society at the hotel fort both have distinguished records of service during the second world lady a medical was with the medical team which was first into the nazi concentration Camp of Bergen Belsen after its while her husband commanded a regiment of 21 army group which was evacuated from Dunkirk in both arrive in Winnipeg provincial the winning ticket in yester Days provincial lottery is there Are also subsidiary Lack of funding she said accounts for overcrowding in inadequate research and the Lack of Avail Able diagnostic facilities and tech we Are now rationing of health care by the she alluding to Long Waits for Hospital Beds and lineups for elective finance minister Allan Mac each ens recent with its cutbacks in provincial Transfer fur ther heightens the Gravity of the Situa said medical decisions Are being made on a list of competing political Priori she private funding is therefore the Only according to the a Pivotal association policy is the introduction of what it Calls competitive under the everyone would be covered by catastrophic health care insurance which would be have no upward limits and would be available through either Public or Pri vate insurance carriers or a mix of the anything less than a najor medical problem would be covered by private insurance featuring an annual or per service deductible fee so that Mem Bers of the Public would be aware of and directly contribute to the medi Cal costs which they she patients unable to pay their premiums could receive medical services for a reduced fee or no fee at study feasibility the physicians association has commissioned an actuarial study to deter mine the feasibility of competitive co some politicians Are said to be interested in the scheme and await the the Canadian and Manitoba medical appear Luke warm to the what the air is suggesting is not under Active consideration by the said a spokesman for the provincial adding that the Manitoba association prefers to work within the existing system rather than altering it Faridian medical association spokes Man Doug Geekie was quoted in the association journal As saying the Cana Dian association supports patient participation in financing medicare but has not promoted coinsurance As necessarily the Best method of realizing maintains the Canadian association has been relatively supportive of her Charboneau stressed that her association does not advocate an end to medicare the group merely wants to terminate the governments monopoly and expand health cares source of Street sweeper dusted off City workers dressed for Winter were carrying out summer to Settle in the absence of the weather office says the duties along Portage Avenue yesterday were dust continues White stuff int expected during the on Reserve Lac Brocket chief predicts water garment Industry will follow by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Lac Brocket for the first electric freezers and washing machines have been burned on in the Homes of the 400 residents of this Dene Indian about kilo metres North of the sudden introduction of modern conveniences comes after installation of a Manitoba Hydro diesel generating which is capable of producing Power for All the the nursing and other chief Jerome of the North lands Indian pulled the switch on the generators at a commas Sioning ceremony this week while four band councillors and Bill Hydro Northern Manitoba customer service looked the Bright Blue Metal which stands out on the Snow covered land houses three 175kilowatt there Are fuel Stor age tanks in the surrounding com the Only electric Power in the Community was generated by three Small diesel units which supplied Light to several government buildings and the band these units Are to remain in the Community on the Federal Indian affairs department gave 000 to help with the construction of the diesel a Road and the distribution band councillor William Dene Cheshe is now the permanent Plant during the construction Peri local residents shared in 290 Man Days of at a Community meeting where 113 receive flying licences at wings Parade ceremony the 54yearold Winnipeg flying club continues to train an average of 100 pilots a year for Canadian Avia at its annual wings Parade at the hotel fort Garry last 113 men and ranging in age from 17 to were honoured for gaining a private pilots licences or Commer Cial pilots two Middle aged Winnipeg business men were Given special Mike an architect and senior partner in map of won the senior graduate award Jim president of Flem ing pedlar a leading Manitoba won the Allister Gillespie memorial award As the graduate showing outstanding achievement in commercial Pilot the Winner of the presidents Tro Phy for outstanding Marks and excellence in flight training was presented to James a Thunder Cadet who trained Here in july under the air Cadet scholarship the women for outstand ing advancement in flying proficient to Nancy an office clerk the Royal Cana Dian flying clubs presentation for the greatest proficiency in the Pri vate Pilot went to Don a 23yearold mechanical Engineer with Coop Hydro and Indian affairs fir Preven Tion officers spoke on the chief said he was disappointed that Only half of the houses in the Community have been wired and were ready for the Power to be tuned he said a private company hired by Indian affairs to do the work had been just too damned for the the chief says electric Power will mean a mighty big turnaround in the Way we do it could open the the installation of a Community water sup ply help in the development of a garment making and extending the potential of commercial the locally owned general store now has coolers and cold storage units for the first time and is Able to ke6p a Good Supply of meat and other perishables on there is More and More talk in the Community about Lac Bro Chet is on Manitoba Telephone sys tems timetable to receive telephones and hopefully television signals in the chief now that the Community has people Are going to want to get television an that would mean setting up their receiving dish to take programs from the weather our mistake h High l Low cold front worm from a Story on the cover of today saturday plus Section says wrongly that the new democratic party was first elected in Manitoba 14 years in the nip was first elected in years add Barens River chief James Hubert Semple drowned wednes Day in the Berens his name was misspelled in a Story Nan a Story Friday said wrongly that Bob an official of the United autoworkers of America and a Boeing of Canada Ltd was one of 99 workers fired this Ana a Story thursday said wrongly that after accelerating a motor one method of saving fuel is to coast initial Speed with the engine turned the Story also recommended this practice when going in coasting with the engine turned off is a dangerous deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast mainly sunny Early this morning Hen frequent Cloudy High today near Low tuning la near mostly sunny tomorrow with a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny Cloudy tuesday with temperatures above Normal monday lowering to near Normal tuesday and Normal High Normal Low Northern Manitoba sunny periods Cloudy tuesday with wednesday mainly temperatures above nor Mal monday lowering to near Normal tuesday and Normal High Normal Low Northwestern Ontario mainly Cloudy with Snow flurries monday and tuesday intensifying to Snow on 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