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1. B.C.’s new MRI machine won’t solve province’s wait-time problem

   The province's MRI wait time was longer than the national average. ...

2. 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. ...

3. New report highlights Canada’s low health-care ranking among peer countries

   Canada ranked last on timely access to specialist consultations and elective/non-emergency surgery. ...

4. 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. ...

5. Court ruling locks patients into government-run health care

   More than one million patients in Canada waited almost 20 weeks (on average) for medically necessary care last year. ...

6. COVID creating a backlog of cancelled elective surgeries in Canada

   The COVID-19 crisis has led many provinces to take drastic measures to both limit the spread of virus and ensure scarce medical resources are available in the event of a surge in cases. One of these measures involves the cancellation of ...

7. 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 ...

8. Other universal health-care countries allow private health insurance—and have shorter wait times

   A new study by the Fraser Institute details how Canada is one of the only high-income countries in the world that does not embrace private insurers for medically necessary care. Importantly, each of the 16 countries examined share Canada ...

9. Canadians pay a lot for ‘free’ health care

   Appeared in Calgary's Business, December 12, 2019 The fall federal election showed that politicians across the spectrum are happy to promise to spend more on our government-run health-care system. Whether the spending is for long-term care or ...

10. Opponents of health-care reform continue to ignore wait times data

    Appeared in CBC Opinion, May 12, 2019 Perceptions about how much we pay for health care in Canada vary wildly. Some call it a “free” system. Some analysts (including yours truly) try to figure out how much we actually pay for it through taxes (for the ...