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1. Private sector plays important role in other universal health-care countries

   Appeared in the National Post, November 25, 2015 For years, the Canadian public has been presented with two distinct health policy options by pundits, politicians, and other defenders of the status quo. On the one hand, we are told we can have a universal ...

2. Effect of Wait Times on Mortality in Canada

   Wait times for health care in Canada have lengthened considerably over the past two decades. Across 12 major medical specialties, the estimated typical wait time has risen from 9.3 weeks in 1993 to 18.2 weeks in 2013. These inordinately long waits, among ...

3. Seeking relief outside Canada's borders

   Appeared in Guelph Mercury and Waterloo Region Record One of the unfortunate realities of Canada's monopolistic health-care system is that some people feel they have no choice but to seek the care they need outside the country. And who can blame them ...

4. Waiting for Health Care: A Terrible and Treatable Disease

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, LaPresse, Whitehorse Daly Star, and Flin Flon Reminder Waiting has become a defining characteristic of the Canadian health care experience. Patients stricken with illness, from mild to serious, must wait their turn for ...

5. Despite spending $134 billion more, health care waits remain

     In most places, if you spend more, you receive more in goods or services. The glaring exception is Canada's government-run health care system. Consider this fact: Canada's provinces spent $134 billion more on health care between 2004 and 2012 ...

6. Canadians paying high-end prices for bargain-basement health care

   Appeared in the National Post With the deadline for filing income tax returns now passed, some Canadians may still be in shock at the size of their tax bills while others no doubt find solace in the belief that their taxes help pay for a high quality ...

7. Canadian health care system provides poor value for tax dollars spent

   With the turning of the calendar to May, the effort to complete our income tax returns will slowly start to fade from memory. ...

8. "Acceptable" Wait Times?

     A group of Canadian physician associations (the Wait Time Alliance) has just released a report on providing Canadian patients more timely access to care. Surprisingly, the report shows little regard for the pain and suffering patients experience while ...