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1. Canada should learn from countries that do universal health care differently—and better

   Appeared in the National Post, September 28, 2017 As patients, caregivers and taxpayers, all Canadians care deeply about our health-care system. It’s important to us that the system has the necessary medical resources, is accessible, and delivers high ...

2. The patience of Canadian patients is wearing thin

   A new survey by Angus Reid suggests the patience Canadians are famous for may be wearing thin—at least when it comes to wait times for medical treatment. The survey collected responses from 1,500 Canadians who received orthopaedic ...

3. Universal health care doesn’t require a single-payer government monopoly

   A recent article in the New York Times by Robert H. Frank makes a politically appealing case for why the United States should adopt a single-payer system. Unfortunately, the author makes a number of inaccurate (or at least, incomplete) ...

4. 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 ...

5. Minister Philpott should stand firm on federal health transfers

   As we head deeper into the fall, and Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott’s self-imposed year-end deadline to negotiate a new health accord with the provinces approaches, the chorus of provincial health ministers begging for more money ...

6. Misinformation fuels opposition to health-care reform in Canada

   Appeared in the National Post, September 19, 2016 For almost two decades, fear of a U.S.-style system has fuelled opposition to genuine reform of Canadian health care. Many of those same opposition voices are now protesting the constitutional challenge to ...

7. When Canada's public health-care system fails, what options do patients have?

   Dr. Brian Day, former head of the Canadian Medical Association, is currently fighting to allow private treatment for patients. ...

8. Laggard to leader—how Saskatchewan shortened wait times

   In 2008 Saskatchewan had the dubious distinction of being the province with the longest wait times for medically necessary treatment in Canada. While the national average wait for treatment after seeing a GP was an abysmal 17.3 weeks, ...

9. Why do other universal health-care countries have shorter wait times than Canada?

   A recent study by the Fraser Institute estimates that 894,449 Canadians waited 9.8 weeks (on average) for treatment after seeing a specialist, resulting in an average personal cost of $1,304 in lost productivity and income—which adds ...

10. Canadians are (and should be) worried about health care

    A recent EKOS opinion poll summarized the palpable dissatisfaction with Canada’s health-care system rather well in its title, “Canadians Worried Sick about Health Care.” And they should be. Canada ranks as one of the most expensive ...