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1. Health-care treatment wait times costs Canadians estimated $1.7 billion last year

   In 2016, we published the results of our 26th annual physician survey, documenting the extent of wait times in Canada. Over time, as additional information and measures have become available from provincial governments and independent ...

2. Ontarians wait longer for health care than citizens of other universal health-care countries

   When the bar is low, it’s easy to present the picture of success. And in Canada, when it comes to wait times for health care, the bar is six feet under. Last week, Premier Wynne’s government issued a news release extolling the benefits ...

3. Survey critics unwilling to acknowledge wait-time problem in Canada

   Appeared in Vancouver Sun, December 16, 2016 Fact—if you leave a medical condition untreated for too long, it can turn into a debilitating chronic condition. For too long, we have failed to address the fundamental causes of wait times for medical ...

4. Leaving Canada for Medical Care, 2016

   In 2015, an estimated 45,619 Canadians received non-emergency medical treatment outside Canada. Physicians in British Columbia reported the highest proportion of patients (in a province) receiving treatment abroad (1.5%). The largest number of patients ...

5. 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 ...

6. Sorry Mr. Trump, Canadian Health Care is Not Working

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province As is often the case in U.S. politics—though normally on the Democratic side of the aisle—Canada’s health care system was raised as a functioning alternative to the American model. Specifically, GOP front-runner Donald ...

7. Embracing the private sector to deliver universal health care in B.C.

   Appeared in the Huffington Post, June 15, 2015 British Columbia’s health ministry recently announced it will invest $10 million to increase surgical capacity, with an eye on reducing wait times. Part of the plan involves contracting some surgeries out to ...

8. Wait times in Canada longer than health report suggests

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press You know things are bad when the best you can say is “at least it hasn’t gotten any worse.” That, essentially, is the main takeaway from the Canadian Institute for Health Information’s updated report on wait times for ...

9. Leaving Canada for Medical Care, 2015

   In 2014, more than 52,000 Canadians received non-emergency medical treatment outside Canada. Physicians in British Columbia reported the highest proportion of patients (in a province) receiving treatment abroad (1.6%). The largest number of patients ...

10. Canada not a good example of universal health care

    Appeared on Forbes.com The heated and often emotionally charged debate over the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) hasn’t subsided despite it being the law of the land for more than four years. Indeed, with the VA scandal, continuing problems in the ...