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  1. Before adding new programs, Ottawa should consider what Canadians already pay for health care

    The Trudeau government will likely expand the scope of our public health-care system and Canadian families will pay even more for public health care every year. ...

  2. More money won’t fix Newfoundland and Labrador health-care system

    The province spent more per-capita on health care than any other province. ...

  3. Alberta operates remarkably inefficient health-care system with huge price tag

    The province had the capacity to perform more than 1.3 million CT exams but only 419,000 were actually performed. ...

  4. Incentivize hospitals to treat patients—not avoid them

    Hospitals currently view patients as costs that eat into the budget. ...

  5. Canada should improve access to pharmaceuticals in post-COVID world

    Drugs were approved in the U.S. 469 days earlier (on average) than in Canada. ...

  6. Wait times—the other health-care crisis

    The elective surgery queue cost 1.2 million Canadians a total of $2.8 billion in lost wages and productivity. ...

  7. B.C. makes progress on surgery backlog—but serious challenges remain

    The pandemic has impacted British Columbia’s health-care system in many ways. Like many provincial governments, the Horgan government postponed surgeries—specifically, more than 30,000 “ non-urgent ” scheduled surgeries between March 16 ...

  8. National pharmacare poll ignores fiscal reality and alternative plans

    Every province already offers drug coverage to social assistance recipients at low or no cost. ...

  9. B.C. should consider long-term collaboration with private clinics

    The estimated time to clear the backlog has been reduced from 24 months to 15 months. ...

  10. Alberta’s surgery backlog should prompt health-care reform in the province

    Despite their label, “elective” procedures are medically-necessary treatments ranging from life-saving cancer surgeries to hip replacements. In Alberta, the health-care system resumed elective surgeries on May 4, but in the absence of ...