healthcare costs

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Alberta opts for federal health-care dollars over meaningful reforms

The province expects to receive more than $6 billion from Ottawa via the Canada Health Transfer this year.


11:33AM
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Ottawa’s hostility toward private health care out of step with most Canadians

Last year, Canadians could expect a median wait of 27.4 weeks between referral to a specialist and receipt of treatment.


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Understanding universal health care, Part 3: Cost-Sharing for Patients in France

The French health-care system features several safety nets to protect vulnerable patients.


10:49AM
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Provinces strengthen their shackles in exchange for more federal health-care dollars

The Canada Health Act severely limits the ability of provinces to innovate and experiment with health-care policy.


8:00AM
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Despite high spending, Alberta’s health-care system is failing

Patients in the province faced a median wait of 33.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment.


4:30AM
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More money from Ottawa won’t solve Canada’s health-care woes

Canada ranked last on access to specialist visits in under four weeks.


10:25AM
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Premiers simply demand more money while ignoring possible health-care solutions

If the provinces increased provincial spending, they’d either have to raise taxes or run larger budget deficits.


6:30AM
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Average Canadian family will pay almost $16,000 for health care this year

The cost of health care has increased by 210.3 per cent while incomes have only risen 116.3 per cent.


1:20PM
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Alberta’s health-care reforms don’t go far enough

Albertans waited 32.1 weeks for medically necessary treatment—6.5 weeks longer than the Canadian average.


1:57PM
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Unvaxxed Quebecers should pay portion of their health-care bill—so should everyone else

Cost-sharing payments for health care incentivize patients to make better choices.