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1. Value for Money from Health Insurance Systems in Canada and the OECD, 2012 edition

   This paper compares the economic performance of Canada's health insurance system against the health insurance systems of 27 other countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). According to the most ...

2. 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 ...

3. Ontario's- pay more, get less- health care system

   Appeared in the Timmins Daily Press Facing a $16-billion deficit, the Ontario government announced it will stop funding a handful of medical services currently covered by the public health insurer. This should come as no surprise, as it has become the ...

4. Feds offer health ministers opportunity to enact real reform

   Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, Times Colonist, and Toronto Sun As the premiers meet this week in Victoria, a number of provinces are clearly distressed about the federal government’s plan to reduce the automatic annual increase in health transfers from ...

5. 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 ...

6. Government Health Care: Not the 11th Commandment

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald Whenever talk of health care reform arises—and praise for European countries that combine universal coverage with more private sector involvement—a reflex inevitably kicks in. For some, it seems more privately-delivered or ...

7. 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 ...

8. Health Spending Tsunami Awaits Ontario's Next Provincial Government

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun If history is any guide, Ontario voters should not expect meaningful discussion of health policy during the upcoming provincial election campaign. Indeed, none of the party leaders have so far offered any feasible solutions to ...

9. 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 ...

10. 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 ...