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1. 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 ...

2. The average Canadian family will pay $12,935 for health care this year

   Most Canadians likely know they pay some amount to sustain our public health-care system. However, they probably don’t know how much. We aren’t billed directly for health services, and we have nothing that even closely approximates a ...

3. Economic Principles for Prosperity

   Often when people talk of prosperity, they are thinking just about money. Money is a one aspect of prosperity, but only one. Prosperity also includes a robust job market where employment is available and opportunities for advancement abound, an employment ...

4. Bad news out of Ontario illustrates need for a better fiscal plan

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun and Ottawa Sun The economic news coming out of Ontario in recent days has been far from positive. The province's economic and fiscal position is weak and new analysis released by the Ministry of Finance suggests its ...

5. A $243,000 bill courtesy of Canada's governments

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press and Vancouver Sun Imagine receiving a credit card bill that totaled $243,476. This would no doubt be a shock for most Canadians. But if you add up all the liabilities of every Canadian government "federal, ...

6. Unnecessary pain and suffering with a surprisingly large price tag

   Appeared in Hamilton Spectator and Huffington Post Many Canadians and commentators in other countries lauding Canada's government-dominated approach to health care refer to Canadian health care as "free." If healthcare actually was free, ...

7. The Unfunded Liability of Canada's Health Care System

   This Alert analyzes the unfunded liablility of Canada's health care system (Medicare). A program has an unfunded liability when it has a shortfall between the expected future stream of funding and future benefit obligations. https://www ...

8. Canadian Federal Health Transfers to the Provinces, 2012 edition

   Canada?s federal government sends cash transfers to the provinces to help pay for health care. Under the current arrangement regarding cash transfers, the federal government has committed to increasing its cash transfers for health care by 6 percent ...

9. The Dollar Cost of Medicare(3)

   Appeared in the Lakeside Leader and Ponoka News The true cost of Medicare for individuals and families in Canada is often misunderstood, with many people thinking it’s either free or covered by our provincial health insurance premiums. This misconception ...

10. Federal Health Transfers to the Provinces: Expensive and Ineffective

    This Alert examines the effectiveness of marked increases in federal cash transfers to the provinces in promoting a better and improved Canadian health care system. The first section outlines federal transfers to the provinces for health; the second ...