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1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. The Misguided War against Medicines 2011

   Government spending on all types of prescription drugs (patented and non-patented) is increasing faster than any other component of health spending. And new or patented medicines tend to be more expensive compared to older drugs and other health ...

5. 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 ...

6. Time to get serious about User Fees

   Appeared in the Moncton Times and Transcript, Calgary Beacon and Winnipeg Free Press In response to an advisory panel report commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association, CMA president Dr. Jeff Turnbull conceded that when it comes to health care ...

7. Have Alberta's PC leadership candidates ever been to Europe?

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald Here we go again. Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Gary Mar suggests opening up Alberta’s health care sector—the one quasi-monopolized by government—to some private options. Sensibly, Mar does so in the context ...

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. Changing how we pay doctors doesn't guarantee better care

   Appeared in the Cape Breton Post, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, Prince Albert Daily Herald and Woodstock Sentinel Review Economic theory and common sense tell us that financial incentives influence people’s behavior. This is as true for the local ...

10. Average Personal Affordability of Prescription Drug Spending in Canada and the United States 2011

    The findings of this study suggest that, on average, greater government intervention in Canada?s drug markets has not provided more affordable access to prescription drugs relative to a less interventionist policy in the United States. Much of Canadian ...