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1. Ontario plays chicken with generic drug prices

   Appeared in the National Post Once again the Ontario government is meddling with generic drug prices in a vain attempt to save a few bucks. Having dug itself into an enormous fiscal hole, the province just announced it will further lower the prices it ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. On health care reform, it's time to consider going Dutch- Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal

   Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal Health care reform has once again become a common dialogue around the water cooler as the 10-year $41 billion funding agreement between the feds and the provinces is set to expire in 2014. The Canadian ...