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1. Environmental appraisals for new gene therapies may limit new drugs in Canada

   Appeared in Calgary's Business, June 5, 2020 The Trudeau government plans to move ahead with major revisions in regulations governing the tribunal that sets ceiling prices for new prescription drugs in Canada. Revisions include replacing countries ...

2. Nova Scotians pay dearly for health-care wait times

   Appeared in National Newswatch, June 4, 2020 The COVID pandemic has placed health care at the forefront of the national conversation, as Canadians work collectively to reduce transmission rates while debating next steps. Health-care professionals have ...

3. The ‘other’ health-care crisis damaging our economy—every year

   Appeared in the National Post, May 9, 2020 The COVID pandemic has devastated Canada’s economy and the recovery will be long and uncertain. However, another health-care crisis has been hurting Canadians, and the country’s economic productivity, for years ...

4. The Private Cost of Public Queues for Medically Necessary Care, 2020

   One measure of the privately borne cost of wait times is the value of time that is lost while waiting for treatment. Valuing only hours lost during the average work week, the estimated cost of waiting for care in Canada for patients who were in ...

5. Policymakers should consider health-care reform in post-COVID world

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, April 22, 2020 The COVID-19 crisis has led many provinces to take drastic measures to both limit the spread of the virus and ensure scarce medical resources are available, including cancelling thousands of elective ...

6. COVID creating a backlog of cancelled elective surgeries in Canada

   COVID creating a backlog of cancelled elective surgeries in Canada ...

7. COVID creating a backlog of cancelled elective surgeries in Canada

   The COVID-19 crisis has led many provinces to take drastic measures to both limit the spread of virus and ensure scarce medical resources are available in the event of a surge in cases. One of these measures involves the cancellation of ...

8. Other universal health-care countries allow private health insurance—and have shorter wait times

   A new study by the Fraser Institute details how Canada is one of the only high-income countries in the world that does not embrace private insurers for medically necessary care. Importantly, each of the 16 countries examined share Canada ...

9. Kenney reforms may reduce health-care wait times, like in Saskatchewan

   At a recent press conference, Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced his plan to implement bold reforms to improve Alberta’s health-care system. Expressing concern for record high wait times in the province, the minister promised ...

10. Kenney government should reform health care to shorten wait times and save money

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, January 8, 2020 On the campaign trail and since taking office, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has promised to put provincial finances back on solid ground. Given the scale of this challenge, it’s hard to envision how Premier ...