Reading Time: 3 minutes Our health-care budgets were already greatly strained before the COVID-19 crisis; they’re completely blown out now
Tag: Health care funding
Where are health-care users in Alberta doctors’ contract dispute?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The health-care system in theory exists for the benefit of Albertans. We pay the bills, yet we’re not at the table
The grim reality of Canada’s medicare is in the details
Reading Time: 4 minutes Idyllic descriptions of medicare do not fairly represent the challenging realities that are the day-to-day experiences of many Canadians
Palliative care suffers because of MAID
Reading Time: 3 minutes “It is easier and cheaper for the government to provide euthanasia rather than continue with palliative care”
Prevention cuts demand on the health system
Reading Time: 3 minutes Increased spending has entrenched an inefficient system that has inflated the cost of getting the same outcomes. It’s time for change
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
How healthy is our health-care system?
Reading Time: 3 minutes A recent report compares care across eight developed countries, including Canada. The results are edifying
Health care wait lists make a mockery of the system
Reading Time: 3 minutes At its core, the problem is related to lack of funding. It’s time for Ottawa to provide the necessary funds or launch full-scale medicare reform
Nurse practitioners the solution to Canada’s health care woes
Reading Time: 4 minutes So why aren’t we making use of this important human resource?