Gaffney, Adam
Christopher, Andrea
Katz, Alan
Chateau, Dan
McDougall, Chelsey
Bor, David
Himmelstein, David
Woolhandler, Steffie
McCormick, Danny
Article History
Received: 26 October 2018
Revised: 20 December 2018
Accepted: 20 March 2019
First Online: 7 May 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors report no conflicts of interest with any relevant commercial entities. Drs. Gaffney, McCormick, Himmelstein, and Woolhandler are leaders of Physicians for a National Health Program, a non-profit organization that favors coverage expansion through a single-payer program, and Drs. Bor and Christopher are members of that organization. None of them receive any compensation from that group. Although Adam Gaffney is reimbursed for some of his travel on behalf of the organization. Dr. Katz is supported through the Manitoba Health Research Council Chair in Primary Prevention.
: The authors acknowledge the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy for use of data contained in the Manitoba Population Research Data Repository under project no. 2014-028 (HIPC no. 2014/2015 - 39). The results and conclusions are those of the authors and no official endorsement by the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living, or other data providers is intended or should be inferred. Data used in this study are from the Manitoba Population Research Data Repository housed at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, and were derived from data provided by Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living.
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