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Bible-teaching churches in Stoufiville that service 60¢ fearing It 16 misleading to use blan- 'ket, statements that make out a few struggling commas to be typical. Th: number of attendees of Stoufl'ville’s smallet churches exceeds that of its larger mn- glegadons. . [ETTERS TO THE EDITOR Time to improve our health care system Often congegadons reach specific people groups- community newcomers. area mamahnkgmupa" Individuals have difletcnt checklists when choosing a new chumh. Let's be careful not to judge a book by its C(wer. There is aphcefmw'cryunehctem Believe it or nm. a smaller. more traditional church is not negauvetomany. D Madoyouthmkofmmues mothers? Emailletterstodnediâ€" tormjmasowynngmm HAVE YOUR SAY, WHITCHUBCH- STUUFFVILLE Nonelhclosg. it is important to hang on to the fact the "public" pan of our health care system Is where we over hnw much money and/m tax points I0 transfer for health (are What is the evidence for more and more spt‘nding on health care? What do wv really gain and what do we give up m spc-nd'm’g more on health mm? And hm» ruul'd we got bmm value [or our health care spending? 'l‘herv are Ihreé tale-home lrssuns when we Innk at Fanadzfi perfm~ mancc rclalivc (0 other counltics. MARCIA MCCREADY x n H rrrvnu‘ Colleen Flood seem to have the best cost control. Second. we should not assume that by spending more, we necessar- ily get mono -- be it life expectancy or things such as diagnostic tests. physi- cian visits. etc. It may be we are just paying higher prices. Third. our system needs to bet- tet serve those with complex chron- ic diseases. because those are the folks most likely. to fall through the large cracks In our present system ~â€" resulting in suffering. poorer health outcomes and increased cost. Instead ul learning from path- breaking jurisdictions on this from and enacting real reforms. we. as Canadians, insist on revisiting sterile debates about public vs. private care. Because we can’t seem to put to bed the zombie that nirvana exists out there if we only embraced more pri- vate financing or private delivery. we never seem to get around to needed health care reform. As many Canadians know from thil dayom-day experiences. we lag behind nn primary care measures such as wait times. access to after- hours care. the delivery of chronic care. the employment of electronic health medical records and the co- nrdmmion of mm between health prnfcssicmals. PUBLISHER Ian Proudfoot Tribune By recent estimates. Canadians spend about $192 billion annualâ€" ly on health care. making this an industry equivalent to three Micro- soft corporations. 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