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1. B.C. makes progress on surgery backlog—but serious challenges remain

   The pandemic has impacted British Columbia’s health-care system in many ways. Like many provincial governments, the Horgan government postponed surgeries—specifically, more than 30,000 “ non-urgent ” scheduled surgeries between March 16 ...

2. B.C. should consider long-term collaboration with private clinics

   The estimated time to clear the backlog has been reduced from 24 months to 15 months. ...

3. 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 ...

4. Kenney reforms may reduce health-care wait times, like in Saskatchewan

   At a recent press conference, Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced his plan to implement bold reforms to improve Alberta’s health-care system. Expressing concern for record high wait times in the province, the minister promised ...

5. The average Canadian family will pay $12,935 for health care this year

   Most Canadians likely know they pay some amount to sustain our public health-care system. However, they probably don’t know how much. We aren’t billed directly for health services, and we have nothing that even closely approximates a ...

6. Senator Sanders—and much of the media—incorrectly sell single-payer as only path to universal health care

   “There is so much to be learned and we will take back what we learned here and what we learned about the Canadian health-care system to the United States Congress and to the American people,” said U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (pictured ...

7. Alberta should look to France, Germany and Australia to improve its health-care system

   The office of the auditor general of Alberta recently delivered a report on the province’s expensive but underperforming health-care system. During an interview, the auditor general (Merwan Saher) rhetorically asked reporters “You are ...