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Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2016
Comparing the performance of different countries’ health-care systems provides an op-portunity for policy makers and the general public to determine how well Canada’s health-care system is performing relative to its international peers. Overall, the ...
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How France embraces the private sector to deliver universal health care
Canadians keen on improving the state of our universal health-care system would do well to consider the case of France. Like Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland, the French health-care system is yet another ...
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Unlike Canada, Australia embraces private sector to deliver universal health care
Canadian health policy discussions are often hobbled by the misunderstanding that universal health care means government health care. Reality, however, looks quite different. Some combination of government, private non-profit ...
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Private sector plays important role in other universal health-care countries
Appeared in the National Post, November 25, 2015 For years, the Canadian public has been presented with two distinct health policy options by pundits, politicians, and other defenders of the status quo. On the one hand, we are told we can have a universal ...
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For-Profit Hospitals and Insurers in Universal Health Care Countries
The poor access to medical services and middling outcomes and safety in Canada’s health-care system despite high spending suggest a need for reform of health-care policies. Yet, while Canadians seem open to the possibility of fundamental reform, faulty ...
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Drug Coverage for low-income families: The Canadian Reality and Lessons from Switzerland and the Netherlands
Modern medicines are essential for improving health outcomes, alleviating pain and suffering, increasing longevity, and reducing expenditures on other medical services. While there is merit to pursuing a policy that expands access to those in need, it ...
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Set aside ideology and take real look at European health care
Appeared in the Huffington Post Professor Colleen Flood’s recent column in Globe Debate (Canada should look to Europe on health care, not the U.S) got the title right – but just about everything else wrong. Canadians would indeed benefit from a look at ...
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Despite the fear mongering, evidence shows private competition in health care works
Appeared in The Province and New Brunswick Telegraph Journal Those opposed to market-based health care reform do their best to scare Canadians, suggesting that the introduction of private competition will lead to longer wait times, higher costs, and ...
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Health Care Lessons from the Netherlands
The Dutch health care system is a high performing, equitable system in which wait times are not considered to be a problem. A careful examination of the Dutch health care system may provide insights to help inform the Canadian debate over the future of ...
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Effect of Wait Times on Mortality in Canada
Wait times for health care in Canada have lengthened considerably over the past two decades. Across 12 major medical specialties, the estimated typical wait time has risen from 9.3 weeks in 1993 to 18.2 weeks in 2013. These inordinately long waits, among ...