Medicare as a Moral Enterprise: The Romanow and Kirby Perspectives. Thomas J. Courchene is critical of the Romanow Report?s four underlying principles, which the Report suggests uphold ?Canadian values.? Courchene argues that these values ?fall well short of a blueprint? for a successful transition of Canada?s health care into the 21st century. And, he concludes that the Senate Committee Report (Kirby) has greater potential to transform medicare into ?one of the leading-edge economic sectors for employment, innovation, research and exports,? and in the process, this will generate state-of-the-art health care.

By Institute for Research on Public Policy, Canada.

Health Policy Resource.