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Monday, January 23, 2012

Major Decisions Coming In Healthcare

Provincial Finance Minister Blaine Higgs is pulling no punches when he says the health care system can't go on with yearly increases in cost of 6 and 7 per cent because it will be unsustainable.
 
Higgs notes there has been some improvement over the past year through better spending controls but still maintains the funding for healthcare still isn't being spent as well as it should. 

He adds delivery of healthcare services will have to become more efficient and big decisions will have to be made on what makes sense for a province the size of New Brunswick.