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1. Huge backlog of surgeries underscores need for sweeping health-care reform in B.C.

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, July 2, 2020 As the pandemic continues, the COVID—and non-COVID—health implications are becoming clearer in British Columbia. The Horgan government estimates it will take up to two years to complete the 30,000 cancelled ...

2. Kenney government postpones reforms despite COVID-related surgery backlog

   Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, June 18, 2020 Despite encouraging evidence from other jurisdictions, the Kenney government recently postponed its plan to expand the use of private medical clinics to perform publicly-funded surgeries. The plan mirrors a ...

3. Alberta should seek more autonomy in health care

   Appeared in National Newswatch, June 17, 2020 On Wednesday, Alberta’s “Fair Deal Panel” issued its report detailing 25 policy recommendations to expand the province’s influence within the federation and enhance provincial autonomy. However, one crucial ...

4. Policymakers should consider health-care reform in post-COVID world

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, April 22, 2020 The COVID-19 crisis has led many provinces to take drastic measures to both limit the spread of the virus and ensure scarce medical resources are available, including cancelling thousands of elective ...

5. Health Care Reform Options for Alberta

   Canada is widely acknowledged to be a comparatively high spender among countries with universal health care but achieves only a modest to average rating on measures of performance. Within Canada, Alberta is a relatively high spender with modest results. ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. Trudeau’s budget: a missed opportunity at health-care reform

   Appeared in the Financial Post, April 6, 2016 Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government tabled its first budget. While the media (understandably) focused on the $29 billion deficit, other important aspects of the budget went unnoticed. Of ...