Reading Time: 3 minutes The consistent lengthening of wait times for treatment makes us sometimes forget our system forces people to suffer while waiting for timely access to care
Author: Bacchus Barua
Sick and tired (and in pain) over health-care wait times
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Canadian Institute for Health Information annual tracking of waits for priority procedures is a reminder of how little has changed and how far we have to go
Canada’s health-care wait times worst in developed world
Reading Time: 3 minutes To retain the promise of universal health care that Canadians cherish, we must change the way we attempt to deliver it
Shooting the messenger while a health emergency goes unaddressed
Reading Time: 4 minutes Wait times have become the defining characteristic of our health system, but still we argue about methodology rather than seeking solutions
On health-care reform, Trudeau should finish what Chretien started
Reading Time: 3 minutes If the government is serious about sparking innovation and change, it should finish the work of transfer reform begun by the Chretien Liberals
Misinformation fuels opposition to health-care reform in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes The reality is that for-profit provision of health-care services is commonplace among industrialized countries with universal health care
If health-care innovation is key, set the provinces free
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada ranks among the most expensive universal health-care systems but has fewer medical resources and some of the longest wait times
Do you know how much you pay for health care?
Reading Time: 3 minutes An average family of four pays $11,494 each year. For perspective, average wait times for treatment is 18.3 weeks
Alberta’s health-care spending is unsustainable
Reading Time: 3 minutes The provincial government has no option but to implement meaningful health-care policy reforms
Health-care spending increases point to unsustainable future
Reading Time: 3 minutes Provincial governments need to start re-examining how their health-care dollars are spent or implementing meaningful health-care reform now