The Commission on Medicare: Another expert, another vision, and another number
Nipawin - June 15, 2000 - By: Mario deSantis
Ken Fyke	As the government is unable to do its work we have yet another commission to review medicare
	in the province and define a new vision. Today, Premier Roy Romanow has announced the
	creation of The Commission on Medicare, and has appointed health consultant Ken Fyke as
	chair of this commission(1).
involvement of the people	The creation of this commission comes as the Coalition Against No-fault Insurance(2) is doing
	the job for the No-Fault governmental review, and as people in rural Saskatchewan are taking
	over the maintenance of rural roads from the government(3). This government doesn't understand
	yet that a vision can only be built with the trust and emotional involvement of the people and
	their leaders. A vision is not built by bringing in another expert and coming up with another
	number.
phony numbers	We got a number from Neil Gardner(4) when he became the major architect of the Saskatchewan
	Health Information Network, we got another number from Louise Simard(5), new CEO of the
	Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO), we got another number from Dr.
	Steven Lewis(6), former CEO of Health Services Utilization and Research Commission
	(HSURC) of Saskatchewan, we got many numbers from Brian Rourke(7), fixed chair of
	SAHO, we got many numbers from Minister of Health Pat Atkinson(8), we got more numbers
	from health consultant Bert Boyd(9), and we got the last phony numbers from Dr. David
	Cassidy's study on whiplash injuries(10).
Premier Romanow, stop	Please Premier Romanow, stop the number game, stop your no-fault government, stop this
	alienation from the people(11), stop the double talking of your ministers(12) and stop managing
	by the number game.
-----------References & Endnotes:
	Quote by Donella Meadows "challenging a paradigm is not a part-time job. It is not sufficient to make your point once and then blame the world for not getting it. The world has a vested interest in, a commitment to, not getting it. The point has to be made patiently and repeatedly, day after day after day" ftp://sysdyn.mit.edu/ftp/sdep/Roadmaps/RM1/D-4143-1.pdf   http://iisd1.iisd.ca/pcdf/meadows/default.htm
	General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by Ensign
1. -	PREMIER CREATES COMMISSION ON MEDICARE, Government News Release, June 14, 2000 Health - 363, Saskatchewan Government
2. - -	Transcipts Of Our First Meeting In Regina! And Transcipts Of Our Second Meeting In Saskatoon! COALITION AGAINST NO FAULT IN SASKATCHEWAN http://www.angelfire.com/nf/coalitionagainstnf/
3. -	Climax residents to fight highway conversion, by James Parker, The Leader Post, June 14, 2000, Regina, Saskatchewan
4. -	Healthcare in Saskatchewan: Getting ready for re-reengineering and shifting the blame, by Mario deSantis, October 31, 1999
5. - -	A Saskatchewan Vision for Health, The Honourable Louise Simard, Minister of Health, August 1992, Saskatchewan Health Louise Simard is the new CEO for SAHO, by Mario deSantis, March 13, 2000
6. -	Dr. Steven Lewis and HSURC Commission of Saskatchewan: Contributing sources to the decline of health care in Saskatchewan, by Mario deSantis, March 12, 2000
7.	Never enough money for SAHO, by Mario deSantis, March 30, 1999
8. -	Minister of Health Pat Atkinson and Health Indicators: "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics" by Mario deSantis, March 24, 2000
9. -	The Big Question for Saskatchewan Health Care: Underfunding or Mismanagement? By Mario deSantis, March 3, 2000
10. -	The incredible abuse of Saskatchewan No-Fault insurance, by Mario deSantis, May 28, 2000 and reviewed by James deSantis
11. -	Gov't is losing touch, by Murray Mandryk, The StarPhoenix, June 13, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
12. -	Honourable Judy Junor: a skewed government and her skewed statistics, by Mario deSantis, June 7, 2000