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1. Canada can learn from Swiss and Dutch drug coverage

   Appeared in the National Newswatch, September 6, 2019 As the Trudeau government seems poised to propose a national pharmacare plan in time for October’s federal election, many proponents of national pharmacare note that Canada is the only industrialized ...

2. Ontario’s ‘delisting’ of medical services underscores ability of provinces to tailor care

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, August 28, 2019 Premier Doug Ford is in a pinch. The ballooning growth of Ontario’s expected health-care spending is thwarting his plan to balance the budget within five years. A recent report indicated that, in the absence of ...

3. Health care cannot modernize unless health policy changes first

   Appeared in Maclean's, August 20, 2019 The provision of medical services is on the cusp of breakthrough technologies. Companies from Apple to Amazon are making large investments in helping connect patients with doctors, while pharmaceutical companies ...

4. The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, 2019

   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 ...

5. Rather than nationalizing pharmacare, policymakers should simply improve our current systems

   In Alberta, just about everyone under 65 can enroll in the province’s plan. ...

6. Universal Insurance for Pharmaceuticals in Switzerland and the Netherlands

   Calls for government-operated universal drug insurance programs, commonly referred to as Pharmacare, can regularly be found in the nation’s media. These demands are often based on concerns about the affordability of prescription drugs, and typically call ...

7. Minister of health makes dubious claims about Ottawa’s pharmacare plan

   Appeared in the Hill Times, July 3, 2019 With the release of the Hoskins’ report last week, national pharmacare will likely be a central issue in this fall’s federal election. It’s therefore quite worrying that federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas ...

8. To fix Alberta’s economy, Kenney must also fix health care

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, June 5, 2019 Last April, Alberta voters gave Jason Kenney a mandate largely centred on fixing the province’s economy. But another key part of the UCP policy platform was its commitment to review and improve the province’s ...

9. Survey reveals Canadian health-care concerns

   A recent survey by Ipsos Reid, commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association, finds that more Canadians (53 per cent) are worried about health care than the economy (45 per cent), climate change (42 per cent), immigration (32 per cent) ...

10. 'Medicare for All' proponents should heed Canada’s health-care woes

    Appeared in the Wall Street Journal, April 18, 2019 Many powerful Americans believe “Medicare for All” will solve U.S. health-care problems through universal coverage, controlled costs and more equitable access. As Senator Bernie Sanders, frontrunner for ...