Local MP wants federal health transfers axed

[CHIMO]

The Canada Health Transfer (CHT) is a “big paper shuffle” that local MP Brent Rathgeber and others in the federal government are looking to stop.

Department of Finance Canada figures show the transfers account for about 10 per cent of the federal budget, with roughly $29 billion being allocated to provinces and territories this year — something Rathgeber wants to see change.

“This whole health care transfer just seems to me to be a big paper shuffle … with no net benefit on the end user, which is the person who needs access to the health-care system,” said the Edmonton-St. Albert Conservative Member of Parliament.

He said he would like to see the federal government cease the CHT in coming years as a way to save money while encouraging provincial governments to increase efficiency.
http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/20120407/SAG0803/304079969/-1/sag/local-mp-wants-federal-health-transfers-axed

So there it is folks. In black and white!

[arikara]

1. Harper wants to privatize health care

and he always uses some back bencher to float out his deals. I do not have any regard for that sleazy destructive crook.