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1. 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 ...

2. Mo money, mo health-care problems

   The classic song “Mo Money Mo Problems” by late rapper Notorious B.I.G. is a fitting way to describe the current state of federal health transfers from Ottawa to the provinces. As federal transfers have grown over the past decade, Canada ...

3. Lack of funding not the source of Canada’s health-care ills

   Canada’s premiers are meeting in Whitehorse, Yukon this week and media reports suggest that health-care transfers from Ottawa may be high on the agenda, particularly as changes to the transfer formula are set to kick in next year. For ...

4. Fraser Forum- May/June 2013: Value for money in health care: Varying performances across Canada

   In this issue: Balanced budget in BC comes with short- and long-term pain by Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis, and Milagros Palacios BC Liberals have put an emphasis on balancing the budget over the next year. BC’s Prosperity Fund: A good idea if designed ...

5. Fraser Forum- January/February 2012: Longer than ever- Canadian Healthcare

   In this issue: Cut now, not later by Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios, and Charles Lammam Program spending needs to be cut if provincial governments want to run a stable budget without deficits. Federal government’s decit delay no surprise by Niels ...

6. Fraser Forum- February 2010: The Rising Cost of Canadian Health Care

   In this issue: How to beat Africa’s health crisis by Philip Stevens The current state-centric model of delivering health care in Africa is not working. It’s time to examine other options. Key Concepts: Creative destruction by Nick Schulz Capitalism is ...