American presidential candidates who want to emulate elements of the Canadian model invite significant negative unintended consequences.
Health Care
March 23, 2016
3:00AM
Only four provinces allow people to buy private insurance for the kinds of health care provided by the government system.
March 15, 2016
3:00AM
France spends slightly less (as a percentage of GDP) on health care than Canada, and has a higher number of physicians and hospital beds, and lower wait times.
February 19, 2016
3:00AM
The problem of a high-cost low-performance system is not just a provincial one—but a Canadian one.
February 5, 2016
11:45AM
Survey found 70 per cent of Canadian primary care doctors thought their patients often experienced long wait times to see a specialist—the worst showing of any country surveyed.
February 2, 2016
9:20AM
Australia generally has more medical resources, lower wait times and comparable health outcomes.
January 27, 2016
12:46PM
Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland all have some type of health-care cost-sharing scheme.
December 14, 2015
3:00AM
In Canada, the decline in house calls has taken place despite evidence that an increase in house calls would increase quality of care and decrease costs.
November 20, 2015
11:19AM
Considering the cost of waiting for medically necessary specialist treatment, how much would Canadians be willing to pay in order to eliminate their wait?
November 5, 2015
12:34PM
Years of adhering to the status-quo and simply pumping money into the system has done little to address the fundamental problems with Canada's health-care system.
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