Canada's NHI needs fiscal realism, hospital autonomy, consumer responsibility.
Government-sponsored health care programs must have limits if they are to be effective and cost-cutting. Canada's experience with a national health insurance plan indicates that long-range planning, a measurable definition of health, and consumer responsibility are necessary ingredients.
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