Saskatchewan and federal government reach deal on health care – CBC

Jan 17, 2017

Separate agreement made on province’s private MRI clinics

Saskatchewan and the federal government have reached a health-care deal, allowing the province to get new federal money for home care and mental health, the federal government has announced.

The province has also reached a separate agreement in its dispute with the federal government over private MRI clinics. Saskatchewan will get a “reprieve” for one year, giving the province time to prove that private MRIs don’t hurt the public health-care system, the province’s health minister told reporters Tuesday.

The province didn’t sign onto the health care accord after federal-provincial negotiations last December. But after intense talks, Saskatchewan agreed to sign onto the deal Tuesday.

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