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1. Merkel should stand her ground and protect German health care

   As German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives face tough negotiations with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) to maintain what has been termed the “grand coalition,” the future of Germany’s health-care system hangs in the balance. In ...

2. Canada’s health minister is right about one thing—there’s lots of work to do

   “Moving up the rank, one step at a time #muchmoretodo.” Those are the words Dr. Jane Philpott, Canada’s health minister (pictured above), tweeted upon the recent release of the Commonwealth Fund’s international ranking of health-care ...

3. Mo money, mo health-care problems

   The classic song “Mo Money Mo Problems” by late rapper Notorious B.I.G. is a fitting way to describe the current state of federal health transfers from Ottawa to the provinces. As federal transfers have grown over the past decade, Canada ...

4. Putting Trump's views on Canadian health care to the test

   Now that Donald Trump has been elected president, it’s worth revisiting the evolution of his views on Canada’s health-care system. Although Mr. Trump started his campaign by stating that “[a]s far as single payer, it works in Canada,”- ...

5. Provincial health ministers hope to pass the buck to Ottawa

   Provincial health ministers are calling on the federal government to return to the unsustainable rate of increases (six per cent per year) in the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) that typified the last decade. This plea comes despite the ...

6. Minister Philpott should stand firm on federal health transfers

   As we head deeper into the fall, and Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott’s self-imposed year-end deadline to negotiate a new health accord with the provinces approaches, the chorus of provincial health ministers begging for more money ...