In the Commonwealth Fund’s rankings of health-care systems, Canada scored a dismal ninth out of 11 countries.
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Juin 1, 2017
1:36PM
More than 13 per cent of patients said they were adversely affected by waiting for non-emergency surgery.
Octobre 25, 2016
3:20AM
If provincial finance ministers are convinced they require more funding for health care, they have the ability to raise that revenue themselves.
Septembre 15, 2016
3:00AM
Aspects of the Canada Health Act discourage provinces from emulating policies found in Australia, the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
Juin 28, 2016
12:45PM
Province contracted-out select day surgeries to private clinics, expanding total surgical capacity in a short period of time.
Novembre 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.
Mars 25, 2015
12:00PM
Last week, to great fanfare and much media attention across the country, the Canadian Medical Association Journal announced the publication of a new study trumpeting the great benefits Canada would accrue by going ahead with national government funded pharmaceutical drug coverage.
Juillet 25, 2014
6:00AM
Professor Colleen Flood’s recent column in Globe Debate (Canada should look to Europe on health care, not the U.S) got the title right – but just about everything else wrong. Canadians would indeed benefit from a look at Europe for lessons on healthcare reform. What they should not do is fall for Ms. Flood’s erroneous jumbling of statistics that muddle reality and results in false conclusions.
Mars 29, 2012
2:00AM
With rumoured spending cuts in the upcoming federal budget, look for the Conservatives to play up one area of spending theyve committed to increasing: health care transfers to the provinces. Last December, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced a new 10-year plan for health care transfers that will see transfers increase by six per cent for the next five years and thereafter by the rate of economic growth until 2024.