Reading Time: 4 minutes Instead of using scarce health-care dollars broadly, we should identify and support those Canadians falling through the cracks
Author: Bacchus Barua
The private cost of health-care queues in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our closed government-heavy system stands in stark contrast to other universal health-care systems that have shorter wait times
Ottawa’s rules make health care worse
Reading Time: 4 minutes We’ve seen decades of policy paralysis, with provinces constantly under threat of penalty for exploring policy options
Private care is an essential part of an effective health system
Reading Time: 3 minutes We should stop demonizing private clinics – and the patients who need them – and recognize that they’re part of the solution
The fundamental fallacy of universal drug coverage
Reading Time: 3 minutes A program to provide prescription drugs to all Canadians is wasteful and wrongheaded. We should simply be targeting those who need help
Canada’s health-care wait times hit new record high
Reading Time: 3 minutes Although we know that universal systems elsewhere deliver more timely access at similar or lower costs, we still pursue wrong-headed policies
Looking beyond our borders for health-care cures
Reading Time: 3 minutes Compared to other countries, Canada has a high-cost system that delivers mediocre, and sometimes remarkably poor, performance
The hidden, and high, cost of “free” health care in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes We have one of the most expensive health-care systems in the world, yet other countries with universal health care routinely outperform us
Private health care isn’t the problem, it’s part of the solution
Reading Time: 3 minutes While some patients may be able to wait for treatment without suffering adverse consequences, many others may be in pain, unable to work or live full lives
Proposed changes could reduce access to prescription drugs
Reading Time: 4 minutes While well-intentioned, changes to Patented Medicine Prices Review Board could stop companies from launching new drugs