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1. How the market can rescue Ontario's government and its doctors

   Appeared in the Belleville Intelligencer, Kingston Whig Standard, London Free Press, Owen Sound Sun Times, Sarnia Observer, and Sault This Week Earlier this year, the Ontario government sparked a fight with the province’s doctors when it announced plans ...

2. Ontario's health care system needs more than Band-Aid solutions

   Appeared in the National Post This week, Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews published her plan for controlling provincial government health spending. While the Minister is correct when she says the growth of provincial health care spending is not ...

3. Ontario's- pay more, get less- health care system

   Appeared in the Timmins Daily Press Facing a $16-billion deficit, the Ontario government announced it will stop funding a handful of medical services currently covered by the public health insurer. This should come as no surprise, as it has become the ...

4. Feds offer health ministers opportunity to enact real reform

   Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, Times Colonist, and Toronto Sun As the premiers meet this week in Victoria, a number of provinces are clearly distressed about the federal government’s plan to reduce the automatic annual increase in health transfers from ...

5. Creativity and innovation needed from provincial health ministers

   Appeared in Okanagan Saturday When provincial and territorial health ministers recently met in Halifax to discuss the 2004 federal-provincial-territorial agreement on health transfers, which is set to expire in 2014, the resulting news reports simply ...

6. Government Health Care: Not the 11th Commandment

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald Whenever talk of health care reform arises—and praise for European countries that combine universal coverage with more private sector involvement—a reflex inevitably kicks in. For some, it seems more privately-delivered or ...

7. Solving Ontario's health spending dilemma- Appeared in the Sudbury Star

   Appeared in the Sudbury Star With a provincial election approaching in Ontario, a recent Nanos poll shows that health care remains the most important issue for the majority of voters. The second and third most important issues are the economy and high ...

8. Time to get serious about User Fees

   Appeared in the Moncton Times and Transcript, Calgary Beacon and Winnipeg Free Press In response to an advisory panel report commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association, CMA president Dr. Jeff Turnbull conceded that when it comes to health care ...

9. Health Spending Tsunami Awaits Ontario's Next Provincial Government

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun If history is any guide, Ontario voters should not expect meaningful discussion of health policy during the upcoming provincial election campaign. Indeed, none of the party leaders have so far offered any feasible solutions to ...

10. Changing how we pay doctors doesn't guarantee better care

    Appeared in the Cape Breton Post, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, Prince Albert Daily Herald and Woodstock Sentinel Review Economic theory and common sense tell us that financial incentives influence people’s behavior. This is as true for the local ...