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1. Campaign fearmongering on health care ignores experiences of other universal care countries

   Last year, 62 per cent of patients in Canada waited more than four months for a specialist appointment compared to 31 per cent in the Netherlands. ...

2. Health-care spending may spike by 88 per cent due to Canada’s aging population

   Canadians aged 65 and older will account for a projected 23.4 per cent of the population in 2040. ...

3. Understanding Universal Health Care Reform Options: Private Insurance

   Canada’s health care system has prominent features that distinguish it from virtually all other high-income countries that provide universal health care coverage. One such feature is the absence of private insurance markets for medically necessary ...

4. Patient user fees are compatible with universal health care

   Appeared in the Woodstock Sentinel-Review, January 27, 2016 A prominent feature of Canada’s health-care system, as mandated by the Canada Health Act, is the absence of any charge for publicly insured health-care services at the point of consumption. ...

5. 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 ...