The premiers say the offer will increase the federal share of health care costs to 24 per cent next year, far short of the 35 per cent the provinces and territories were demanding.
The offer was met with a heavy dose of disappointment but also reluctant acceptance by the country's premiers, who learned of the proposal during a long-awaited first ministers' meeting in Ottawa Tuesday.
A separate $2-billion fund will be offered for Indigenous health-care needs, through an agreement with Indigenous leaders. Trudeau said the government will be flexible to help the provinces meet their own circumstances, but that the provinces will have to show how they money will be spent and how they'll show progress in the priority areas.
Still, most premiers appeared ready to accept the offer even as they promised the health-care talks were not over.
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