Health

Health policy from the 2007 Green Book:

• Support the 5 principles of Medicare: Public Administration, Comprehensiveness, Universality, Portability and Accessibility
• Promote preventative health care policies that keep the residents of Saskatchewan healthy, fit and out of the hospital.
  
  • Remove PST from all sporting good purchase.
  • Expand funding for youth and recreational sports programs to increase access and participation.
  • Mandate and fund healthy food programs in schools while banning pop and junk food vending machines.
  • Require greater involvement of people dealing with personal mental health problems in decision-making for all policy that affects their lives and communities.
• Create birthing centres and invest in midwifery programs
• Invest in new forms of rural emergency health care such as helicopter ambulances.
• Ensure that every resident has a right to clean air and clean water.