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Octobre 5, 2023 2:19PM

Canada’s high level of health-care spending not producing high performance
Mackenzie Moir, Jake Fuss
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Canada’s high level of health-care spending not producing high performance

Canada ranked 28th out of 30 universal health-care countries with 2.8 physicians per 1,000 people.

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healthcare expenditures, healthcare costs, health care spending, health care costs, healthcare performance
Septembre 13, 2023 11:30AM

Canadians know more money won’t fix our health-care problems
Mackenzie Moir, Bacchus Barua
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Canadians know more money won’t fix our health-care problems

Canada ranked dead last on timely access to specialists and surgical care.

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healthcare, healthcare costs, healthcare expenditures, healthcare performance, health care costs, health care spending
Avril 27, 2023 11:10AM

Nova Scotia health-care system needs reform, not a blank cheque
Bacchus Barua, Alex Whalen
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Nova Scotia health-care system needs reform, not a blank cheque

Nova Scotians waited 58.2 weeks (on average) between referral from a GP to receipt of treatment.

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health-care, health care reform, health-care costs, healthcare expenditures, healthcare performance
Février 8, 2023 10:49AM

Provinces strengthen their shackles in exchange for more federal health-care dollars
Bacchus Barua, Jake Fuss, Mackenzie Moir
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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.

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healthcare costs, health care spending, healthcare expenditures, canada health act, universal health care
Janvier 27, 2022 1:57PM

Unvaxxed Quebecers should pay portion of their health-care bill—so should everyone else
Bacchus Barua, Mackenzie Moir
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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.

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universal health care, health care costs, healthcare expenditures, healthcare costs
Novembre 17, 2021 10:08AM

Canada’s health-care system—the status quo is unsustainable

Bacchus Barua, Jake Fuss
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Canada’s health-care system—the status quo is unsustainable

Our aging population will put significant pressure on health-care expenditures.

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health-care, health care spending, healthcare costs, healthcare expenditures, health-care costs
Juin 17, 2021 11:37AM

Increased income support for seniors threatens health care for seniors
Steven Globerman
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Increased income support for seniors threatens health care for seniors

The number of Old Age Security beneficiaries is projected to double between 2019 and 2060.

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healthcare expenditures, old age security, guaranteed income supplement, OAS, GIS, OAS benefits
Juin 17, 2021 8:08AM

Governments across Canada face mounting fiscal challenges due to aging population

Ben Eisen
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Governments across Canada’s face mounting fiscal challenges due to aging population

The share of Canadians age 65 or over is forecasted to rise from 17.4 per cent to 22.5 per cent.

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aging population, canadian seniors, low income seniors, old age security, guaranteed income supplement, health-care costs, health care expenditures, healthcare expenditures
Janvier 15, 2013 2:00AM

Provincial Healthcare Index 2013
Bacchus Barua
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healthcare, provincial healthcare index, healthcare expenditures, medical treatment, access to medical services, health system performance