CMAJ 1997;156:1372 "Health cuts hurt everyone" is the message the CMA is taking to physicians, politicians and the public during the federal election campaign. By calling attention to high hospital readmission rates and lengthy waiting lists for cardiac surgery, radiotherapy, hospital beds and other services, the public-awareness campaign reminds patients that they are feeling the impact of funding cuts. Dr. Judith Kazimirski, the CMA president, said physicians have been expressing concern about the impact of health care cuts for years. The situation has now reached the point where the basic principles of medicare are threatened, she said. Send a letter to the editor responding to this article Envoyez une lettre à la rédaction au sujet de cet article | CMAJ May 15, 1997 (vol 156, no 10) / JAMC le 15 mai 1997 (vol 156, no 10) | | Election '97 / Élection 1997 |