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1. Before adding new programs, Ottawa should consider what Canadians already pay for health care

   The Trudeau government will likely expand the scope of our public health-care system and Canadian families will pay even more for public health care every year. ...

2. Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2020

   Comparing the performance of different countries’ health-care systems provides an opportunity for policy makers and the general public to determine how well Canada’s health-care system is performing relative to its international peers. Overall, the data ...

3. Canadians should know how much we pay for health care

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, Sept. 2, 2020 Due to the COVID pandemic and recession, there’s now heightened interest in transparent reporting of health and economic indicators. Information on the number of COVID cases is being widely disseminated, ...

4. Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2019

   Comparing the performance of different countries’ health-care systems provides an opportunity for policy makers and the general public to determine how well Canada’s health-care system is performing relative to its international peers. Overall, the data ...

5. The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, 2019

   Canadians often misunderstand the true cost of our public health care system. This occurs partly because Canadians do not incur direct expenses for their use of health care, and partly because Canadians cannot readily determine the value of their ...

6. Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2018

   Comparing the performance of different countries' health-care systems provides an opportunity for policy makers and the general public to determine how well Canada's health-care system is performing relative to its international peers. Overall, ...

7. Workers will ultimately pay part of B.C.’s new employer health tax

   Last week, British Columbia’s provincial government announced the elimination of Medical Services Premiums (MSP) premiums by 2020. And introduced a new payroll tax—the employer health tax (EHT), to be implemented a year earlier. Does ...

8. 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 ...

9. The Sustainability of Health Care Spending in Canada 2017

   Health care is the single largest budget item for every province in Canada, ranging from 34.3 percent of total program spending in Quebec to 43.2 percent in Ontario in 2016. Any changes in the amount spent on health care can have a significant impact on a ...

10. Alberta’s health-care spending is unsustainable

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, June 5, 2016 It’s no secret Alberta’s provincial government is in a fiscal hole. Alberta is expected to run a big budget deficit this year and rack up tens of billions of dollars in debt over the next few years. If the ...