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1. Canadian health care performs poorly compared to other countries worldwide

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, November 11, 2020 As we make our peace with the “new normal” and face a second wave of COVID-19, another albeit familiar challenge looms large—call it the “old normal” of Canadian health care. According to recent reports, ...

2. Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2020

   Comparing the performance of different countries’ health-care systems provides an opportunity 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 data ...

3. New poll exposes key problems with any national pharmacare plan

   Every province offers drug coverage to social assistance recipients at low or no cost. ...

4. Massive surgery backlog latest symptom of Ontario’s health-care problem

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, October 15, 2020 The Ford government recently announced a plan to address Ontario’s massive surgery backlog, the largest in Canada. Estimates place the backlog, which is partly due to COVID’s impact on hospital capacity, at ...

5. National pharmacare will be very expensive and likely unnecessary

   Every province offers drug coverage to social assistance recipients at low or no cost. ...

6. McNeil government should allow private sector to help reduce surgery backlog

   Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, September 19, 2020 As uncertainty over COVID continues, no one knows when things will be “normal” again. For patients in Nova Scotia, however, a return to normalcy will mean a return to the same overburdened ...

7. Court ruling locks patients into government-run health care

   More than one million patients in Canada waited almost 20 weeks (on average) for medically necessary care last year. ...

8. Canadians should know how much we pay for health care

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, Sept. 2, 2020 Due to the COVID pandemic and recession, there’s now heightened interest in transparent reporting of health and economic indicators. Information on the number of COVID cases is being widely disseminated, ...

9. The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, 2020

   Canadians often misunderstand the true cost of our public health care system. This occurs partly because Canadians do not incur direct expenses for their use of health care, and partly because Canadians cannot readily determine the value of their ...

10. B.C. should consider long-term collaboration with private clinics

    The estimated time to clear the backlog has been reduced from 24 months to 15 months. ...