OTTAWA — A federal panel given the job of recommending ways to improve health care across Canada is warning that the country's medicare system is aging badly.
The Advisory Panel on Health Care Innovation was struck last June by Health Minister Rona Ambrose to help find ways to reduce health spending and improve accessibility to care.
The panel says in a new report that there is "no doubt" a major renovation of the medicare system is overdue.
It also suggests the inability of federal, provincial and territorial governments to collaborate has slowed recommendations issued by previous panels and experts.
The panel was chaired by Dr. David Naylor, a physician, researcher and past president of the University of Toronto.
Naylor says Canada has a good health care system that is innovative in spots but that it falls short of its potential given the talent that exists.
