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NDP will try to ban private medicare: Layton
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Date: Wednesday Sep. 21, 2005 6:40 AM ET
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jack Layton says his party will bring in a bill this fall to ban private medicare.
A Supreme Court decision on a Quebec case earlier this year approved some forms of private health care and Layton says its time to draw the line.
His bill wouldn't ban existing private services but would stop any future expansion across the country.
It's time to ensure the survival of publicly funded medicare, he says.
Layton says he thinks that given the minority Parliament, the legislation has a chance to pass.
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