ITS TIME FOR CMA TO PUT THE LID ON PRIVATIZATION

Family physician Cynthia Carver wasn't heartened by the CMA's ''last-m inute retreat'' from a call to pursue privatization of health care. Du ring its August annual meeting, the association not only supported a s trong, publicly funded health care system but also passed a number of resolutions related to the private sector and the appropriate role for regulated private medical insurance in Canada. Carver proposes that t he energy being expended on schemes to delist, privatize, define core services and design payment schemes should instead he applied to impro ving the existing system.