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Health Care Commentary Archive

Consent—a fundamental tenet of democracy
By Lydia Miljan, Jason Clemens | November 19, 2018
Before implementing national pharmacare, look at what provinces already offer
By Bacchus Barua | October 23, 2018
Ottawa's planned changes to review process will limit patient access to lifesaving drugs
By Kristina M.L. Acri, née Lybecker | September 17, 2018
Increasing barriers for drug manufacturers may ultimately hurt patients
By Dr. Nigel Rawson | August 31, 2018
Saudi spat exposes Canada's physician supply problem
By Bacchus Barua | August 27, 2018
Canada's health-care gift horse hardly free
By Bacchus Barua, Milagros Palacios | July 31, 2018
The private cost of health-care queues in Canada
By Bacchus Barua | June 7, 2018
Ottawa’s rules make health care worse
By Bacchus Barua, Nadeem Esmail | May 18, 2018
Ontarians must consider real health-care reform
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | May 14, 2018
We should stop demonizing private clinics—and the patients who need them
By Bacchus Barua | April 26, 2018
Canadian health care—big bills, terrible system
By Nadeem Esmail, Bacchus Barua | April 3, 2018
Prescription drugs in Canada—target those who need help
By Bacchus Barua | March 14, 2018
Counterfeit drug trade poses increasing danger to Canadian patients
By Kristina M.L. Acri, née Lybecker | March 2, 2018
Ottawa’s revisions to drug-pricing review board will delay or prevent access to new drugs
By Dr. Nigel Rawson | January 19, 2018
Canada has a scarcity of doctors, and it may get worse
By Steven Globerman | January 18, 2018
Canada’s health-care wait times hit new record high, again
By Bacchus Barua | December 7, 2017
Canada’s health-care system fails to account for senior migration
By Ashley Stedman, Jason Clemens | November 23, 2017
Seniors migration cost British Columbia $7.2 billion in health-care expenses
By Ashley Stedman, Jason Clemens | November 15, 2017
Canada should learn from countries that do universal health care differently—and better
By Bacchus Barua | September 28, 2017
Lessons for ’Medicare for All’ from Canada
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | September 27, 2017
Let’s talk about the price of public health care in Canada
By Bacchus Barua | August 14, 2017
Ottawa’s proposed changes to review board will reduce access to prescription drugs
By Dr. Nigel Rawson, Bacchus Barua | July 6, 2017
For many Canadians, vacation may mean beach, golf… and surgery
By Yanick Labrie | July 6, 2017
Private health care isn’t the problem—it’s part of the solution
By Bacchus Barua | June 28, 2017
Canada’s health-care wait times costing patients many millions in lost time, wages
By Bacchus Barua | June 2, 2017