Reading Time: 3 minutes Individuals with developmental disabilities live longer than ever and that means the responsibility for care is shifting to siblings
Tag: Health care funding
More community care means less time in nursing homes
Reading Time: 4 minutes But a study shows that residents in those regions are entering nursing homes with more complex care needs
Markets, lower taxes will ease health-care queues
Reading Time: 3 minutes The fundamental problem causing Canada’s health-care scarcity is a lack of private spending
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
Federal funding is ending but frailty still matters
Reading Time: 4 minutes New Frontiers in Research Fund supported valuable, long-term work. The program replacing it leaves huge gaps
Health-care reform in Canada is coming one way or another
Reading Time: 4 minutes The system’s weak performance, rising costs, shifting demographics and a court challenge will all drive change
Before implementing national pharmacare, look at what provinces already offer
Reading Time: 4 minutes Instead of using scarce health-care dollars broadly, we should identify and support those Canadians falling through the cracks
How to remedy poor health outcomes created by poverty
Reading Time: 4 minutes Social assistance programs in Canada are falling behind. It’s time we expanded basic coverage to include drug and dental care
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
The silent health crisis
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadians have realized little health benefit from the billions spent on health information systems