Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s no coincidence that countries with cost-sharing programs in place have waiting times significantly shorter than those in Canada
Tag: Health care reform
What should be covered by our health care system?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s free-for-all style of health care is totally unsustainable on the public purse, so choices are going to have to start being made
Four steps to improving health care in Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes Achieving these four goals can lead to the next, necessary evolution in health care
There’s no such thing as “free health care” in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Find out how much you are really paying
Report card on wait times gets a failing grade
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Wait Time Alliance missed some important new developments in Alberta.
Why it’s so hard to improve our health system
Reading Time: 3 minutes Self-interest among vested parties makes fundamental health policy reform in Canada unlikely.
Jail time could be used to help people improve their health
Reading Time: 4 minutes Most people in jail are dealing with both serious medical problems and difficult social situations
Social change at the heart of patient care
Reading Time: 5 minutes The role of physicians and their organizations in addressing the social determinants of health
Why this U.S. doctor is moving to Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes Tired of being subjected to the whims of the US medico-industrial complex
How to make the social determinants of health matter
Reading Time: 9 minutes An interview with public health pioneer Sir Michael Marmot