Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 6, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus a9 Ohki March 2001 world healthcare Survey lets emulate 1 health system who ranking of worlds health system France Italy san Marino Andorra Malta Singapore Spain Oman Austria Japan Norway Portugal Monaco Greece Iceland Luxembourg Netherlands United kingdom Ireland Switzerland Belgium Colombia Sweden Cyprus Germany saudi Arabia United Arab emirates Israel Morocco Canada Finland Australia Chile Denmark Dominica Costa Rica United states by Linda West Manitoba is an example of a province where unt Arget de increases in Overall government health spending Are we have the highest per capita provincial government yet there is no reduction in waiting this has caused a growing dissatisfaction with the healthcare for the Manitoba healthcare sys tem to survive and thrive in this age of government must have a Clear concept of what they want the healthcare system to they need a Well defined strategic plan and a practical operational the health care system i should provide a wide Range of health services to fill current and future needs so that Manitoban can live longer and i should be constantly looking for alternative ways to fill the needs it is currently filling and searching for new or More appropriate i is a need driven system and will Only be seen to be successful if it fills the needs of the world health report 2000 reviewed How Well countries achieved three Overall goals Good health responsiveness and fairness of financial systemic failings the world health organization who has rated Canada 30th in the world and the United states this report told us that we Are not getting Good enough value for the healthcare dollars we Are failure to achieve that potential is due More to systemic failings than to technical achieving these goals of Good responsiveness and fairness depends crucially on How Well sys tems carry out four vital these Are service provision resource generation financing and the who found France to be 1 in the the French healthcare system is based on free Enterprise and the Freedom for patients to choose their own doctors and treat ment Security the compulsory health insurance plan in finances or reimburses for the health care or pharmaceuticals provided the government of France has Cre Asso Ciatto press French medical care ranks first on a Survey of the worlds compared to Canadas 30 ated a framework for health care in which Public and private hospitals coexist to provide the population with easy Access to the required ser both Public and private Hospi tals and clinics Are subject to government approval for their Loca Tion and major medical equipment in the patient is free to choose treatment in either a Public or private Hospital without the need to better still they achieve greater fairness in financing through risk those who Are healthy subsidize those who Are and those who Are Rich subsidize those who Are France achieves a higher Dis Abili to adjusted life expectancy Canada 72 France years More the system is fairer As they personally pay less through private insurance or out of pocket which is More difficult for the their Overall costs Are More than ours but less than that of the United Many French citizens believe that there is overuse of the Manitoban should say no to americanization of the Canadian health that would be a step in the big and Multi insurance systems have created the worlds most expend system that serves Only two thirds of the population beyond the system is very poor on Low Cost a wealth of information could be obtained by reviewing the wide diversity of successful systems in other health care is hot a luxury it is a and one we must be Able to the who states that All health systems carry out the functions of providing or delivering personal and no personal health services generating the Nec Essary human and physical resources to make that possible Rais ing and pooling the revenues used to Purchase services and acting As the Overall stewards of the Powers and expectations entrusted to we can All agree with who that the lives of vast numbers of people lie in the hands of the health from the Safe delivery of a healthy baby to the care with dignity of the frail health systems have a vital and continuing responsibility to people throughout their life they Are crucial to the healthy development of families and societies Challenge there Are 29 countries that scored better than Canada in the who the Challenge is to learn from these countries and not to copy the we need to understand the strengths of these health this will help us provide appropriate lifesaving and life enhancing interventions to All Mani to bans in a timely As Manitoban and we should not be afraid to debate our most precious system without the rhetoric or scare tactics that Are so often Linda West mba teaches labour relations in the faculty of management of the University of til Ftp flirt Allf the free press letters from they must include the authors address and Telephone number it Uler letters May be letters to the 1355 Mountain r2x fax email Bravo to malls for Banning smoking Bravo to the malls that Are taking a step in the right direction by Banning smoking mails ban also to the Winnipeg stadium for ban Ning smoking i the stands during Blue bombers in response to smoker Michelle Dar gis on her if i have to hear Peoples annoying children All Over the i should be Able to smoke wherever i please Tell since when Are children hazardous to your health Annette Greene Winnipeg smoking ban benefits everyone congratulations on your editorial butt it out 28 for suggesting that Winnipeg City Council ought to tobacco use in Public places As Well As having the province regulate work place safety by deciding to ban smok the reality is that cigarette manufacturers knew More than 25 years ago evidenced by recent studies that smoking was the surgeon general was warning the Public in the during the 1960s that smoking was directly linked to lung cancer and that it could cause not Only but in recent studies it has been proven that secondhand smoke is also a contributing Factor to illness in no smok especially different forms of including lung manufacturers of cigarette products have a direct correlation to govern ment As it places a heavy tax on their thus producing a significant amount of the government is essentially supporting a death product for the Sake of profit and the fed eral government has publicly recognized the harmful effects of smoking and has put not Only warning labels on but has developed regulations to keep cigarette out of the hands of should cigarette products be banned altogether study after study has shown that secondhand smoke affects Banning cigarette products would create a healthier environment for less Dis less Money needed for health care would supersede the civil libertarian argument of the right to Nick Ernette Winnipeg elected representatives must listen to Public in the letter entitled i Tody principled Canadian politician feb i have no reason to disagree with the correspondent that i Tody is a principled Cana Dian i do to what the correspondent and the free press David i Todys shining 18 assume to be a characteristic of i Tody in order for you to try to validate a general principle of How maps should you say once an my should vote according to conscience and not pay attention to Public one would in this modern that our elected representative would say to herself or himself my con science tells me i must represent my Public constituents that is Why they elected if i dont know what their opinions i must find the absence of this attitude invites the abuse of Power by elected representatives at any level from school Board to i cannot envisage a candidate that gets elected by saying to his or her constituents you May rest assured that i shall not pay Atten Tion to your we must demand More of our elected representatives than to say now weve elected go off and do your in four they could do too much damage on our Pete Warner Winnipeg curl tog Tara if insulting i am writing to express my disappoint ment at the absurd article women could Benefit from taking on the t great Scott that was awful 26 by Buzz it is ignorant and unfair to compare women Curling to mens they Are different games played by different and the games Are the writer asks the Why cant a woman curl More like a Man some of the physical reasons Why the sport skill performance of males and females Are different include males on 10 pm taller and 10 pkg heavier than the average female males Are 30 per cent stronger in the lower body and up to 50 per cent stronger in the upper body than females males have faster movement time and reaction time males have Only on third to on half of the per cent body fat of females males have wider shoulders and a higher Centre of Gravity than this is not to say that males Are always More skilled but they Are working with different physical equip ment and bringing different movement patterns to the All of these strength related differences suggest that males can move the 45pound Rock More easily and with a lower percent age of their maximum Force than if males can use a smaller Range of motion in the then their accuracy is very Likely to be the question that needs to be asked is Why Are females throwing a 45 Pound Rock at All clearly it should be a 25pound Rock to More closely match the Effort involved with their potential Force a female has to work much closer to her maximum work output to deliver a takeout or sweep the Rock than an average the female shot put eight nine ounces weighs just Over one half As much As the male shot put 16 and no one would even consider having them compete together or try to use the same Why is Curling so antiquated in its thinking it May be related to the attitudes of older such As those expressed by the writer of the article in a fairer Way to write an article on the women Curling tournament is just to note that some of the curlers missed some of their shots or that there were More missed shots by the curlers than would usually be the authors ridiculous views touting Superior male Curling skill and female Lack of skill have no place in sports journalism in the 21st at the very he should apologize to the female readers of the sports Page and the highly skilled and dedicated female curlers who deserve better than this insulting and antiquated Marion Alexander Winnipeg the truth we All have to pay David Wynn Miller and his handful of truth followers believe it is their go Given right not to pay taxes the truths out the Fol lowing Are some truths and unlike Miller i will not charge us per person for truth taxes paid for the roads Millers disciples drove on to attend their the health care they and much of their truth Denise Rosenbergs Home was saved by billions in today dollars of tax dollars spent on the Winnipeg truth Millers in an attempt to validate truth incorrectly quotes the declaration of Independence As stating of the by the for the that statement is not in the Declara Tion of Independence its from Abra Ham Lincoln almost 100 years both the declarations we the peo and lincolns of the Are taken by our modern democratic consensus to mean that All the people have a right to Basic health Edu safety and this can Only be ensured through taxation and truth we should be Ever vigilant to demand efficiency for our tax dollars and to not needlessly tax or since humans emerged from taxes have been the cover charge for truth Canada is consistently ranked As the 1 country in the world in which to we All Benefit from Liv ing in this great All who should be expected to pay taxes so that our however imperfect it May can continue to be the most just society in the Dale Swirsky Winnipeg doonesbury by Garry Trudeau Tione Mth that ;