Reading Time: 4 minutes The federal government routinely denies the Disability Tax Credit to those who need it – and are eligible by law
Category: Health
There is nothing to fear from private health care
Reading Time: 3 minutes In fact, removing prohibitions would better utilize our health care professionals and reduce the suffering of those on long waiting lists
A burning need for visionary pragmatism on nicotine
Reading Time: 4 minutes Nicotine is both the problem and the solution to smoking and the epidemic can be stopped by using non-combustion alternatives
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
Provinces must act to prevent another OxyContin debacle
Reading Time: 3 minutes Two solutions to increase pharmaceutical manufacturers’ accountability to Canadians and their governments
Putting patients first can save Canada’s health system
Reading Time: 3 minutes Patients First could be an incredible moment for health sector leaders to dramatically reshape how health care is delivered
Want an innovative economy? Fund research
Reading Time: 4 minutes To transform Canada’s ability to compete on the global stage requires a significant funding commitment to research
NAFTA renegotiations threaten Canada’s steps toward pharmacare
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canada must both defend the existing public health-care system as well protect its aspirations to creating a better one
The dangerous metaphor of medical warfare
Reading Time: 4 minutes Portraying baby Charlie Gard as a “warrior” led to a cascade of events detrimental to both him and all who cared for him
Canada must invest in better emergency care for children
Reading Time: 3 minutes A program based in Manitoba is working to share the vast knowledge and evidence produced at children’s hospitals across the country