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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 ...
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Three reasons why our hospitals are overcrowded
Appeared in the Vancouver Province, February 12, 2020 A damning investigation by CBC News recently revealed that “hallway medicine” is now the norm in Ontario. Almost 50 per cent of hospitals in the province regularly operate beyond capacity, with ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Nova Scotia’s health-care wait times among longest in Canada
Appeared in the Chronicle Herald, December 24, 2019 Nova Scotians are worried about health care—and rightly so, as the province’s wait times are among the longest in the country. According to a new study from the Fraser Institute, patients in Nova Scotia ...
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More money for health care—careful what you wish for
Appeared in the Sudbury Star, December 19, 2019 Despite their differences, it seems Canada’s premiers are united on one thing—demanding more federal health-care dollars. At last week’s meeting of the Council of the Federation, the 13 premiers “ reiterated ...
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Canadians pay a lot for ‘free’ health care
Appeared in Calgary's Business, December 12, 2019 The fall federal election showed that politicians across the spectrum are happy to promise to spend more on our government-run health-care system. Whether the spending is for long-term care or ...
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Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2019 Report
Waiting for treatment has become a defining characteristic of Canadian health care. In order to document the queues for visits to specialists and for diagnostic and surgical procedures in the country, the Fraser Institute has—for over two decades—surveyed ...
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Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2019
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 ...
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National pharmacare plan aims to wipe out patient freedom and choice
Appeared in the Vancouver Province, September 6, 2019 With the election underway, the Trudeau campaign appears poised to propose some kind of national government-run pharmacare system. And if it bases its plan on the Hoskins’ report released in June, with ...