Search

Search results

1. Ontario's health care system needs more than Band-Aid solutions

   Appeared in the National Post This week, Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews published her plan for controlling provincial government health spending. While the Minister is correct when she says the growth of provincial health care spending is not ...

2. Creativity and innovation needed from provincial health ministers

   Appeared in Okanagan Saturday When provincial and territorial health ministers recently met in Halifax to discuss the 2004 federal-provincial-territorial agreement on health transfers, which is set to expire in 2014, the resulting news reports simply ...

3. Solving Ontario's health spending dilemma- Appeared in the Sudbury Star

   Appeared in the Sudbury Star With a provincial election approaching in Ontario, a recent Nanos poll shows that health care remains the most important issue for the majority of voters. The second and third most important issues are the economy and high ...

4. To understand health insurance performance, measure the right outcomes- Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, and Fredericton Daily Gleaner

   Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, and Fredericton Daily Gleaner Are Canadians getting good value for money from their health insurance system? This question is often discussed among health economists and ...

5. Canada's health care crisis is an economics problem, not a management problem

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal and Prince Albert Daily Herald, April 20, 2011 Government health spending is growing at unsustainable rates, while patients are facing shortages of medical resources and declining access to ...

6. Health spending bubble ready to burst- Appeared in the National Post

   Appeared in the National Post Canada’s health system is causing a crisis in provincial public finances. The growth in government health spending continues to outpace our public capacity to pay for it. The provinces must shift some costs onto medical ...

7. Questioning success on health care wait times

   Appeared in the National Post A Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) study recently reported that wait times for access to health care across a few priority treatment areas are improving. According to CIHI, “at least 8 out of 10 Canadian ...

8. The hidden costs of over-regulating access to new drugs

   Appeared in the Financial Post Conservative MP Terence Young recently accused Health Canada of putting lives at risk by approving too many new drugs too quickly. Young contends that instead of focusing on the safety of new medicines, Health Canada is ...

9. Governments face a looming cash-crisis on health care spending

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press Canada’s auditor general told delegates at this week’s general meeting of the Canadian Medical Association that our federal government doesn’t know if Canada’s health care system is sustainable over the long term in its ...

10. Why We’re Paying More For Health Care and Getting Less

    Appeared in the National Post  The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) recently published a paper about the worrisome condition of Canada’s health-care system. Its report concluded that the growth in government spending on health care is unsustainable, and ...