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1. Barbarians Invading

     The Barbarian Invasions is an impressive Canadian film. (Yes, we do make them). The movie won two awards at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival: Best Screenplay and Best Actress, and is currently playing in a number of US cities. It is the story of a man ...

2. The BC Government is Eroding Patients' and Physicians' Rights

   An Abridged Version Appeared in The Province, December 10, 2003 On November 17, British Columbia’s provincial government proposed several new amendments to the Medicare Protection Act. According to the news release, the goal is to protect patients from ...

3. Advertising Prescription Drugs Benefits American Patients

     One difference between Canadian and American health care is that the US government allows research-based drug makers to advertise the benefits of their medicines to patients, but the Canadian government outlaws this freedom of speech. Unfortunately, the ...

4. Ban Online Pharmacies

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press The government of Manitoba has embarked on an ill-advised industrial policy that will not only put Canadians’ health at risk without improving employment or economic growth in the province, but also violates the ...

5. Advertising Prescription Drugs Will Benefit Canadians

   Appeared in the Sentinel-Review According to the Canadian Medical Association Journal, our government should continue to prohibit research-based drug makers from communicating with patients through direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA). A survey reported ...

6. Overhead, So What? Medicare Needs Competition

   Appeared in The Globe and Mail, August 25, 2003 Last Thursday, the New England Journal of Medicine published an article claiming that administrative costs of health care in the United States are higher than in those in Canada: $1,059 (US) in the United ...

7. Myths of Pharmaceutical Patents

   Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen Before breaking for the summer, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology considered weakening the patent regulations that support Canada’s pharmaceutical market. Now, prompted by public ...

8. Our Anti-Model to the North: Whatever You Do: Don't Do Like Canada

   Appeared in the National Review On-line, June 23, 2003 Twelve years ago, Canadians were scandalized to learn that a Toronto hospital was using its CT scanner to do brain examinations on dogs for $300 (Cdn.) a pop. Meanwhile, patients were waiting up to ...

9. Prescription Benefit Tied to Medicare may Deny Payments for Pricier, More Effective Drugs

   Appeared in the Watertown (NY) Daily Times and the Norwalk (CT) Hour Worried about rising expenditures for prescription drugs, many states are employing preferred lists to encourage doctors to prescribe older, lower-priced drugs and forego the latest, ...

10. Drug Disincentives

    Appeared in the National Post In January, GlaxoSmithKline, a global pharmaceutical manufacturer, announced that it would stop delivering its prescription drugs to wholesalers that supply Canadian mail order pharmacies that sell to American patients. These ...