title: Senate committee calls for major new spending on health care.
abstract: Senator Michael Kirby's committee says that the federal government should invest $6.5 billion more each year. It calls for the establishment of new national programs to pay for catastrophic drug costs and to expand home and palliative care.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garmaise
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D016527:Drug Costs; D005380:Financing, Government; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000191:economics; D011057:Politics