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economist suntribune healthcare thursday aug 8 2002 mp wants creative solutions from health commission from page 1 i think what were looking for is some creative solutions from romanow and some ways in which the provinces and territories and the federal government can work togeth er mr wilfert said i think its an opportunity for us to renew a strong part nership frank lussing president and ceo of york central hospital in richmond hill agreed the commission must first define the principles that will govern the future of health care those issues include the concept of universality involvement of the private sector and the parameters of care involved in publicly fund ed medicare mr lussing said unless we have a good sense of the kind of system we want its hard to know how much money it will take to keep it going he said we probably should talk about the basic values of the healthcare system haggling over what level of government is to pay for health care has long obscured the fact that ulti mately there is just one pub lic purse from which funds are drawn mr lussing said whats needed is discus sion of the per capita contri bution canadians want to make toward the system and the procedures that should be covered he said there are some who would argue there is suffi cient funding we are just spending it inappropriately before you can decide what proportion should come from the federal government and what should come from the provinces i think you need to articulate an overall financial commitment throughout the health care industry there is hope the romanow commission will address these issues said david colgan executive director of the simcoe york district health council i think a lot of us are wait ing for the romanow com mission report due in november and the response of various levels of govern ment to it matters of fiscal responsi bility will be among the issues addressed in the wake of the report mr colgan pre dicted canadas largest doo sport boat dealer traxter 4x4 atv v gtx 4tec buv a sealdi 185 utopia a boat bombardier atv no money down no payments no interest plus 3yr extended warranty for the season mjcmaryixs bombardier 1t1 follow no one highway 48 pefferlaw lake simcoe 7054371122 quinnsmarinacom located just 50 miles north of toronto on the beautiful lake simcoe inns marine l wwwjnbateejtyiil8774myium1877973 cm02bonkarbietlikmrresrw4 oirtifottaipbe new and urfonlandfartemodriywmojand prior sold vdiiimiutpiili6ioaliattkvi6batimihs mahhu5aandinjdabofrfounittyrkwi3uccwn txttntled service jtrm b1sidh terms and ondmons vary fan fkeuifiiilfitm6mmsdammlaiivnjeiti6me withaamticiyourparoopaiinjbornbardtoaw atvi can bhaantomtoojrater job safety ahtajjwwa and atocdnigsowtmtt never rifc 00 parfflfacwpu sivejpeedsaiidbparlkidarljetfeftdooatflkitr ortinibelyjta5pmfateeji bombardier 1 1 i v f vt i tj t e i i t i i l t f t ft i- t t t f iihihu i tr f s i