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1. Who’s Next in Line?

   Appeared in Red Deer Express The idea that some Albertans might be getting their health care more rapidly than others, because of who they happen to be, or who they know, seems to have generated a fair amount of rage among opposition politicians and the ...

2. Better Health Care or Financial Folly?

   Appeared in the New Brunswick telegraph Journal and Calgary Beacon When it comes to health care, all three of Canada’s major federal political parties are drinking the same Kool-Aid. All three say they will maintain the six per cent annual increases to ...

3. Fraser Forum- March/April 2011: Prognosis: Fewer Canadian Physicians

   In this issue: NATO begins building a transatlantic missile defence by Alan W. Dowd Advances in technology and proliferation of longrange missiles have made missile defence not just a theoretical possibility, but an essential piece of the West’s security ...

4. Canada's doctor shortage will only worsen in the coming decade

   Appeared in the Province, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, and Sudbury Star, March 2011 When stacked up against countries with similar health care goals, namely universal coverage, it quickly becomes apparent that Canada's health care system is not ...

5. On health care, Alberta should imitate Europe

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald Over the past several weeks, Albertans have seen multiple headlines about the province’s latest health care crisis: untenably long waits in emergency rooms. And, predictably, the province announced a plan to deal with the ...

6. The Dollar Cost of Medicare(2)

   Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal The true cost of Medicare for individuals and families in Canada is often misunderstood, with many people thinking it’s either free or covered by our provincial health insurance premiums. It is critically ...

7. Fraser Forum- February 2010: The Rising Cost of Canadian Health Care

   In this issue: How to beat Africa’s health crisis by Philip Stevens The current state-centric model of delivering health care in Africa is not working. It’s time to examine other options. Key Concepts: Creative destruction by Nick Schulz Capitalism is ...

8. National Psychiatry Waiting List Survey, 2009

   In 2003 we added psychiatry to the annual measurement of waiting lists reported in Waiting Your Turn, thus creating the first national, comprehensive, and comparable measurement of waiting times for mental health services available in Canada. https://www ...

9. Waiting Your Turn: Hospital Waiting Lists in Canada, 19th Edition

   The Fraser Institute's nineteenth annual waiting list survey found that Canada-wide waiting times for surgical and other therapeutic treatments decreased in 2009. Total waiting time between referral from a general practitioner and treatment, averaged ...

10. Cut Spending and Get Better Care

    Appeared in the National Post Thanks to poor fiscal management, the Government of Ontario finds itself in a difficult fiscal situation. It must find a way to eliminate the significant deficits that are expected until at least 2015/16. Given that tax ...