Free tuition for doctors. Public exercise programs. Bringing in the military. 

These were just a few of the 2,200 ideas submitted by health-care workers who entered the provincial government's contest last fall seeking quick, easy, and low-cost ideas to improve the Nova Scotian health-care system. 

For a month, they were invited to submit an idea that would be entered in a draw for 50 prizes of $1,000. A review panel selected 20 finalists from the submissions, and that list was then winnowed down…