19 Jun 1964
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1964
Page
1
The Senate aims to approve the strongest civil rights bill in U.S. history by nightfall with final passage expected around 6 p.m. EDT. The House will fast-track action to send the measure to President Johnson for signature before July 4.
A weather department official reports .21 inches of rain by 11 a.m. today and .75 inches in six straight days of precipitation. June total is far below the 52 year average of 2.28 inches and last year’s 4.87 inches. The airport missed Sunday’s downpour.
City negotiates purchase or lease of a three acre CPR round house site on South Railway Street. If approved the area would be leveled to create a city operated parking lot for up to 400 autos and remove the curve on that railway street segment.
The royal commission on health services urged a prepaid universal health program for Canadians and federal provincial cooperation to raise health standards. It backed fluoridation of community water systems with 75 percent equipment grants and suggested other methods where water fluoridation is not possible. The report calls for a federal provincial conference within six months to advance the plan.
The Royal Commission on Health Services urged bringing prescribed drugs under a national health program with each prescription costing a $1 payment. It recommended federal provinces share half the cost and allow pharmacists to reduce the price from the $1 if possible. The plan would define drug quantities by medical need and include a multi level government effort to lower costs. In 1961 the drug cost was 43 percent of total medical expenditures.
Ottawa outlines comprehensive health service plan financed by taxes premiums and provincial lotteries if allowed. No means test no extra charges patients freely choose doctors and dentists with Ottawa funding half and federal provincial rollout within six months. Includes drugs eye care dental care for under 18 and expectant mothers.
Erik Nielsen a Progressive Conservative MP for the Yukon told a Medicine Hat party dinner the Tories could win there next time, citing Social Credit decline and small last election majority. He urged early candidate nomination and rallying behind a strong opponent.
The Hall royal commission says Canadians would accept higher taxes to fund a prepaid comprehensive health service. It projects Canada’s current system costing about $4.015 billion in 1971, or $178 per person, with the proposed system adding $466 million or $20 per person.
A weighty 500000 word report urges virtually free prescription drugs and dental care for children, fluoridation of all community water, and expanded hospital and home care. It calls for treating mental illness like other ailments and funds new medical schools with accelerated training. Projected cost adds 20 dollars per person annually and 466 million dollars more per year, seen as affordable given future economic growth.
A royal commission proposes allowing provinces to run a lottery to finance health services, a move currently banned by the Criminal Code. The Liberal government has not outlined implementation, with the report 142 years in the making. The commission stresses bold, principle driven action for national health insurance.
Canada seeks comprehensive universal health services through a federal provincial framework. A 200-recommendation report calls for joint action with grants on a fiscal need basis and an approximately 50 percent federal share. Doctors would be paid on a fees for service model under provincial programs.
In Ottawa the rise of separatist talk in Quebec, led by Levesque, challenges Prime Minister Pearson more than the flag issue. He could test public support with a national election on One Canada, revealing whether separatist voices reflect a Quebec majority or a minority.
BOW ISLAND The former mayor A. J. Gus Bonette died Thursday morning at his Bow Island home. He served as mayor for years and was a council member at his death. A longtime resident and prominent businessman he had been ill two years and bedridden since returning from Edmonton in May. He is survived by wife Stella and son Louis. Funeral arrangements are forthcoming.
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