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JACQUES BOISSINOT/The Canadian Press
Claude Castonguay, who played a key role in establishing Quebec’s medicare, its network of community clinics and its pension plan, has died. He was 91.
Although he served as provincial cabinet minister for only three years during the first government of Liberal premier Robert Bourassa, he became so closely associated with the creation of Quebec’s medical-insurance plan that the device used to imprint a patient’s health card on the billing form became known as a “castonguette.”