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  1. Proponents of government-run health insurance choose to disregard the facts

    Appeared in The Mark The saddest thing about the health care reform debate in both Canada and the United States is that those who advocate for government-run health insurance have no regard for the facts, and no apparent concern for the interests of ...

  2. Health Insurance and Bankruptcy Rates in Canada and the United States

    In a recent update to a previous study, Himmelstein et al (2009) concluded that in 2007, uninsured medical expenses or loss of income due to illness caused nearly two-thirds (62.1 percent) of all non-business bankruptcies in the United States. The authors ...

  3. Fraser Forum- February 2009: Impeding Access to Prescription Drugs

    In this issue: Up Front: Public policy in tough times Veteran politician Preston Manning shares his thoughts on the economic downturn with FraserTV following a recent Fraser Institute event in Vancouver. Beware of bailout by Mark Milke Governments should ...

  4. Myths about health spending

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail The Canadian Institute for Health Information recently published a report showing that total health spending in Canada was growing faster than GDP. The reaction of some experts to the report showed that a number of misguided ...

  5. The Personal Cost and Affordability of Automobile Insurance in Canada: 2008 Edition

    This study estimates and compares the average cost of personal passenger automobile insurance premiums in each of the 10 Canadian provinces for the year 2007. Other studies have examined the price of auto insurance by selectively comparing individual ...

  6. Paying More, Getting Less Measuring the Sustainability of Government Health Spending in Canada: 2008 Report

    This is the Fraser Institute's fifth annual report on the financial sustainability of health spending by provincial governments in Canada. The report uses a moving 10-year trend analysis to measure sustainability. The report also examines the long ...

  7. Single-payer health care warning for the U.S.

    Appeared in the National Post, Windsor Star and New Brunswick Telegraph Journal When comparing Canada’s single-payer health insurance system with the pluralistic system in the United States, many people assume that Canadians enjoy universal coverage while ...

  8. The Hidden Costs of Single Payer Health Insurance: A Comparison of the United States and Canada

    When comparing Canada's single-payer health insurance system with the pluralistic system in the United States, many people mistakenly assume that Canadians enjoy universal coverage while receiving the same quality and quantity of medical goods and ...

  9. Cost Burden of Prescription Drug Spending in Canada and the United States, 2008 Edition

    There is a common misconception that American prices for prescription medications are excessive because they are often higher than prices in Canada. This leads some people to suggest that the overall cost burden of prescription drug spending in the United ...

  10. Fraser Forum- September 2008: Health Care Dollars and Sense

    In this issue: Up Front: Fraser goes to Washington by Brett J. Skinner In June 2008, the Fraser Institute had a successful excursion to Washington, DC, where participants met with a number of high-level officials and policy experts. The most valuable ...