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1. Canadian health care performs poorly compared to other countries worldwide

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, November 11, 2020 As we make our peace with the “new normal” and face a second wave of COVID-19, another albeit familiar challenge looms large—call it the “old normal” of Canadian health care. According to recent reports, ...

2. The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, 2019

   Canadians often misunderstand the true cost of our public health care system. This occurs partly because Canadians do not incur direct expenses for their use of health care, and partly because Canadians cannot readily determine the value of their ...

3. The star-spangled straw man

   A recent testimony before a U.S. Senate subcommittee by Dr. Danielle Martin, former head of the Canadian Doctors for Medicare, has given Canadians the chance to indulge in what may be a favourite pastime- criticizing the American health care system. ...

4. Waiting for Health Care: A Terrible and Treatable Disease

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, LaPresse, Whitehorse Daly Star, and Flin Flon Reminder Waiting has become a defining characteristic of the Canadian health care experience. Patients stricken with illness, from mild to serious, must wait their turn for ...

5. Muddled medical thinking and a meddlesome Alberta doctor

   Appeared in the National Post and Calgary Herald One irony of Canadian life is that the most economically free province in the country, Alberta, often has government policy that is the most hostile to private health care. Another irony, this time right ...

6. Despite spending $134 billion more, health care waits remain

     In most places, if you spend more, you receive more in goods or services. The glaring exception is Canada's government-run health care system. Consider this fact: Canada's provinces spent $134 billion more on health care between 2004 and 2012 ...

7. Reducing Wait Times for Health Care: What Canada Can Learn from Theory and International Experience

   Public opinion polls in recent years show that Canadians are generally satisfied with their government-funded health care system. If there is any consistent source of dissatisfaction with the “single-payer” system, it is with the amount of time people ...

8. How about a holiday from Canada's health care straitjacket?

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun and Winnipeg Free Press For many Canadians, the Victoria Day long weekend marks the beginning of summertime holiday planning, if not a late May escape after a long winter. For those who travel outside of the country in the ...

9. Canadians paying high-end prices for bargain-basement health care

   Appeared in the National Post With the deadline for filing income tax returns now passed, some Canadians may still be in shock at the size of their tax bills while others no doubt find solace in the belief that their taxes help pay for a high quality ...

10. Health Care Lessons from Australia

    This paper is the first in a series that examines the way health services are funded and delivered in other nations. The nations profiled all aim to achieve the noble goal of Canada?s health care system: access to high quality care regardless of ability ...