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1. Senator Sanders—and much of the media—incorrectly sell single-payer as only path to universal health care

   “There is so much to be learned and we will take back what we learned here and what we learned about the Canadian health-care system to the United States Congress and to the American people,” said U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (pictured ...

2. For many Canadians, vacation may mean beach, golf… and surgery

   Appeared in the Financial Post, July 5, 2017 If our public health-care system is so enviable, as its supporters claim, why are so many Canadians seeking treatment abroad every year? In 2016, an estimated 63,459 Canadians received non-emergency medical ...

3. Leaving Canada for Medical Care, 2017

   In 2016, an estimated 63,459 Canadians received non-emergency medical treatment outside Canada. Physicians in British Columbia reported the highest proportion of patients (in a province) receiving treatment abroad (2.4%). The largest number of ...

4. Alberta should look to France, Germany and Australia to improve its health-care system

   The office of the auditor general of Alberta recently delivered a report on the province’s expensive but underperforming health-care system. During an interview, the auditor general (Merwan Saher) rhetorically asked reporters “You are ...

5. Leaving Canada for Medical Care, 2016

   In 2015, an estimated 45,619 Canadians received non-emergency medical treatment outside Canada. Physicians in British Columbia reported the highest proportion of patients (in a province) receiving treatment abroad (1.5%). The largest number of patients ...

6. The high cost of ‘free’ health care

   Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) the quality of health insurance plans in the United States has gone down, while premiums have gone way up. This month it was revealed that UnitedHealthcare is leaving the ...

7. Saskatchewan and MRIs: An example of patients first, ideology second

   Appeared in the Regina Leader Post, November 17, 2015 The Government of Saskatchewan recently passed legislation that will allow patients to pay for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans using their own money. This move has, of course, caused many of ...

8. Embracing the private sector to deliver universal health care in B.C.

   Appeared in the Huffington Post, June 15, 2015 British Columbia’s health ministry recently announced it will invest $10 million to increase surgical capacity, with an eye on reducing wait times. Part of the plan involves contracting some surgeries out to ...

9. Wait times in Canada longer than health report suggests

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press You know things are bad when the best you can say is “at least it hasn’t gotten any worse.” That, essentially, is the main takeaway from the Canadian Institute for Health Information’s updated report on wait times for ...

10. Leaving Canada for Medical Care, 2015

    In 2014, more than 52,000 Canadians received non-emergency medical treatment outside Canada. Physicians in British Columbia reported the highest proportion of patients (in a province) receiving treatment abroad (1.6%). The largest number of patients ...