I think Mr Romanov should be congratulated on producing a brilliant report that contains many welcome recomendations. I liked the accountability measures, which will make the provinces actually spend the money on health care. It's time to stop provincial governments attempting to bribe voters at election time with funds siphoned from health care receipts from the federal government.
R.Wood

Provincial premiers should take the federal money, sit down and shut up. The watchdog part is good because Alberta uses a lot of its transfer funds to subsidize tax cuts.
Jim Ozon
Calgary

I applaud Mr. Romanow's report on the state of the health care system. Our public medicare system is one of the few aspects of being Canadian that we can truly point to. It is astounding that some people are actually looking to the U.S. as some model of efficiency in health care.
George Leblanc

Just another excuse to tax me to death. Canadians are already taxed to the max and I'm already paying for the cost of providing excellent health care.
Howard Bern

Finally someone recognizes the need for investment in the system to prevent it from collapsing in the future. The trouble is that it will take a lot tighter financial management and this will not be to the liking of the provinces. Mr. Romanow deserves credit for saying it like it is. It is time Canadians got off their duffs and back Romanow with a chorus of determination and demand their politicians to follow through.
Janis Apse

Why do the pro universal health care advocates insist on always using the U.S. model as the standard for private health care. I have never heard the pro mixed system groups say that we have to go that route. There are numerous examples of government and private systems working in the various European models. All these models are superior to either the Canadian or U.S. models.
Ross Stafford

For those of us Canadians that are currently ill and have to deal with the reality of the health-care system, I would hope that implementation of some of the recommendations would be swift and universal. We Canadians in need of medical care are dying for improvement.
Doug MacLachlan

Mr. Mullins's commentary on the Romanow Report indicated a shocking presumption of thought - that a report recommending expansion, equality and effeciency would have no effect on the political landscape. This report is a politcal measuring stick and gives every party and poltician in Ottawa a chance to step up.
Matthew Fox

As a country that the U.N. has ranked 37th in the world Canada continues to refuse to face the reality of today's medical enviroment. We have no choice but to emulate the countries at the top of the list- France, Switzerland, Sweden-where a core of expensive procedures like heart surgery are covered by the national plan but seeing a doctor because you've got the sniffles is largely covered by user fees.
Pat Murray

The Romanov Report is a concise and intelligent answer. I congratulate the authour of the report because the person makes sense and clears up questions that I had about health care.
Stuart

As I sit down to read the Romanow Report I am aware that the politicians have come out swinging already. I cannot say that I am surprised. While the Official Opposition continues to complain, they can give us no good alternatives. Money has to be spent. So I say, take time to read the report and voice your opinions. If we don't then this report will sit with the others that are currently collecting dust.
Angela MacKinnon

It looks like a reasonable attempt to restore and slightly improve the health care system before Mr. Harris damaged it. Is it possible to send the entire repair bill to Mr. Harris? Or, could we arrange for the costs to be borne primarily by the people foolish enough to have voted for him in the first place?
John Mason

Hopefully some action will be taken now with the Romanow Report. It's sickening to watch provinces de-listing services such as physiotherapy to save a few bucks.
Niilo Ruohonen

An exhaustive, expensive, meaningless proposal to maintain the status quo. What else could we expect from a former NDP premier? At least Tommy Douglas advocated change. This report does nothing to improve the delivery of healthcare. Bruce Strachan
Prince George, B.C.

Already there is an outcry from the right that the Romanow Report is just throwing money at the problem of health care. The reforms that Mr. Romanow speaks of will ensure that quality health care remains accessible to all Canadians.
Pierre Leblanc

The Romanow Report is an excellent road map for fixing the health system. To provide quality services for everyone, rural and remote citizens, extra infusion of money will be required.
R Snack

The Romanov Report ignores the fact that a totally public-funded healthcare is inherently unsustainable. Sure it might need $15 billion today. However, as the population ages and the tax base shrinks, healthcare will need much more funding when we will be less able to fund it.
John Paterson

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