canadian health care

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The federal health minister seems aware that policy innovation—not more money—is necessary to improve Canadian health care.


2:06PM
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Our health-care system is expensive, delivers poor-to-modest results, and fails to achieve many of its laudable aspirations.


10:43AM
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The average unattached Canadian will pay about $4,257 this year, while an average family of four will pay $11,494.

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Canada will increasingly be an outlier among developed countries.


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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.


1:56PM
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It’s likely no coincidence that countries with cost-sharing programs in place have waiting times that are significantly shorter than those in Canada.


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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.