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1. How to make prescription medicines less available: A national pharmacare plan

   Appeared in the National Post There has been much discussion in the past 10 years about whether Canada needs a national Pharmacare plan. While the idea might appeal to some, the plan is driven by ideology as opposed to common sense. Undoubtedly, it is ...

2. Access Delayed, Access Denied: Waiting for New Medicines in Canada 2011

   This report focuses on new patented medicines because this class of drugs is uniquely affected by public policies that delay access for patients. Because government approval of generic drugs is based on the assumption that generics are copies of new drugs ...

3. Health Council of Canada shortsighted on health care reform- Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator and Timmins Daily Press

   Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator and Timmins Daily Press It has been one month since the federal election, and discussions about health care reform—never prominent during the election—seem to be even further away from the public spotlight. Nonetheless, ...

4. To understand health insurance performance, measure the right outcomes- Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, and Fredericton Daily Gleaner

   Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, and Fredericton Daily Gleaner Are Canadians getting good value for money from their health insurance system? This question is often discussed among health economists and ...

5. Canada's health care crisis is an economics problem, not a management problem

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal and Prince Albert Daily Herald, April 20, 2011 Government health spending is growing at unsustainable rates, while patients are facing shortages of medical resources and declining access to ...

6. Health spending bubble ready to burst- Appeared in the National Post

   Appeared in the National Post Canada’s health system is causing a crisis in provincial public finances. The growth in government health spending continues to outpace our public capacity to pay for it. The provinces must shift some costs onto medical ...

7. Canada's Medicare Bubble: Is Government Health Spending Sustainable without User-based Funding?

   Canada's Medicare Bubble examines whether the public costs associated with Canada’s health system are economically sustainable. Total provincial health spending has grown at an average annual rate of 7.5% over the last ten years, compared to only 5.7 ...

8. On health care reform, it's time to consider going Dutch- Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal

   Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal Health care reform has once again become a common dialogue around the water cooler as the 10-year $41 billion funding agreement between the feds and the provinces is set to expire in 2014. The Canadian ...

9. Auto Insurance Market Quality Index 2010

   This study aims to explain the link between the regulation of auto insurance markets and the effect of this regulation on consumers, and to help identify public policies that are most likely to produce superior results. Among the 60 jurisdictions analyzed ...

10. Why it’s time government called “time out” on the Canada Health Act

    Appeared in the National Post When it comes to Canadian health care, everyone seems to agree our system has problems and needs to be improved. But the discussion always seems to end there, with any new idea for reform immediately discarded by vote ...