National Report Card 2012: Gap between rich and poor is "worrisome"
Printer-friendly versionThe Canadian Medical Association has just released the 2012 National Report Card on Canada's health care system in which they point to a “widening gap in health status” between the rich and poor in Canada.
"When it comes to the well-being of Canadians, the old saying that wealth equals health continues to ring true," CMA President John Haggie commented as the CMA released poll results that were used to compile the 2012 National Report Card.
Read more about it on their website.
And read a commentary about this issue, also on their website, The fiendish puzzle of health inequities.
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