Reading Time: 3 minutes Patients in Canada face the longest wait time for elective surgery on record
Author: Bacchus Barua
Poll exposes key problems with a national pharmacare plan
Reading Time: 3 minutes Rather than covering every Canadian for drugs they can already afford, we should focus on those who fall through the cracks
National pharmacare will be very expensive and likely unnecessary
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Trudeau government must exercise prudence and target assistance to Canadians with the greatest need
Alberta should seek more autonomy in health care
Reading Time: 4 minutes Welfare reform in the 1990s provides a starting point for reforming health care today
Many Canadians pay a great deal for ‘free’ health care
Reading Time: 3 minutes The amount we pay for health care through the tax system depends on family income and size
More money won’t necessarily solve health care problems
Reading Time: 4 minutes Instead of asking for more money and all the strings that come attached, the provinces should ask for more freedom to try new delivery models
Canada can learn from Swiss and Dutch drug coverage
Reading Time: 3 minutes Both countries partner with the private sector and expect patients to share the cost of treatment
Federal drug-pricing plan threatens access to new medicines
Reading Time: 4 minutes There’s no escaping the fact that discovering, developing and testing new drugs costs a lot of money
Alberta should look abroad, and next door, for health care solutions
Reading Time: 3 minutes Spending continues to rise but Albertans have diminished access to care and face above-average wait times
Canada’s free ride on U.S. drug development may end soon
Reading Time: 3 minutes A shift in U.S. drug pricing could cut pharmaceutical profits, meaning less money for research and development