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The Potters Herald
East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio
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In Vancouver, Canadian Health Minister Paul Martin declares opposition to national health insurance, insisting it remain a provincial issue, despite the Liberal Party's 1949 convention pledge for federal sickness insurance and repeated promises.
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AGAINST HEALTH INSURANCE
Vancouver, B. C. (LPA)-Health Minister Paul Martin, in an interview here, has declared he is against any national health insurance plan for Canada. "Health insurance is and must remain a provincial problem." The Liberal Party, in convention in 1949, declared "an adequate system of insurance against sickness should be instituted by the federal government." Through the years, it repeated this pledge. Now in power, it has admitted it opposes national health insurance.
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Canada
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1949
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liberal party admits opposition to national health insurance despite previous pledges for federal implementation.
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Health Minister Paul Martin, in an interview in Vancouver, declares opposition to any national health insurance plan for Canada, stating it must remain a provincial problem. This contradicts the Liberal Party's 1949 convention declaration for federal institution of sickness insurance, which it repeated over the years, and now admits opposition while in power.