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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. Canada must rethink restrictions on private health insurance—for the sake of patients

   Appeared in the Regina Leader-Post, February 4, 2020 In its sole reliance on government providing “first-dollar” coverage of medically necessary services, Canada’s health-care system is unique among high-income countries with universal health care. In ...

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. Private health insurance, not government bureaucracy, spurs health-care innovation

   Canadians are often led to believe that private insurance for medically-necessary services is somehow antithetical to the spirit of universal care. In reality, private insurers are a common feature of universal systems around the world. ...