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1. Nova Scotia can improve health care without breaking the bank

   Since 1999, the provincial government increased health-care spending by more than 78 per cent. ...

2. Incentivize hospitals to treat patients—not avoid them

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

3. Provinces should ask for more health-care freedom—not more money

   Canada already ranked among the highest health-care spenders in the world before the pandemic. ...

4. Three reasons why our hospitals are overcrowded

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, February 12, 2020 A damning investigation by CBC News recently revealed that “hallway medicine” is now the norm in Ontario. Almost 50 per cent of hospitals in the province regularly operate beyond capacity, with ...

5. National pharmacare plan aims to wipe out patient freedom and choice

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, September 6, 2019 With the election underway, the Trudeau campaign appears poised to propose some kind of national government-run pharmacare system. And if it bases its plan on the Hoskins’ report released in June, with ...

6. Ontario’s ‘delisting’ of medical services underscores ability of provinces to tailor care

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, August 28, 2019 Premier Doug Ford is in a pinch. The ballooning growth of Ontario’s expected health-care spending is thwarting his plan to balance the budget within five years. A recent report indicated that, in the absence of ...

7. Ottawa’s rules make health care worse

   Appeared in the Moncton Times-Transcript, May 18, 2018 What makes health care in our country uniquely Canadian? It’s certainly not the goal to ensure universal access to care regardless of ability to pay. That goal is shared by at least 28 other high ...

8. Is the Canada Health Act a Barrier to Reform?

   Despite spending more on health care than the majority of developed countries with universal-access health-care systems, Canada performs poorly in international comparisons of the performance of health systems. Canada’s health policies also differ from ...

9. Canadian health care—big bills, terrible system

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, March 31, 2018 Canadians are getting a raw deal when it comes to health care. Compared to other countries that share the noble goal of access to care regardless of ability to pay, we have significantly fewer physicians, acute ...

10. How Canadian Health Care Differs from Other Systems

    Canada has one of the most expensive universal health-care systems in the developed world. However, there is an imbalance between the value Canadians receive and the relatively high amount of money they spend on their health-care system. Of particular ...